Up at 0 dark thirty. It’s 2 degrees with a windchill of -7. It wouldn’t be so bad if there wasn’t so much whining coming from the drivers seat. LOL. He does not like cold weather.

It’s too dark to take pictures yet. I tried once before and the flash about blinded Greg while he was driving so I figure that’s probably not a good idea.

It’s getting colder as we go. It is now -3 with a windchill factor of -13. The sun is starting to come up so hopefully will the temperature.

We passed a sign that said birthplace of John Wayne. Apparently he was born in Winterset, Iowa. Cool

Well what was supposed to be a quick trip to Tyson ended up being five hours. The brakes weren’t working on the trailer and Greg couldn’t slide the tandems in place. He tried everything he knew, emailed Transam and tried everything they said and they still wouldn’t work. Ended up waiting on repair guy to come and help. We were supposed to be several hours down the road on our trip next but only had an hour and a half so we didn’t even get out of Iowa yet. Greg needs to get out of Iowa quickly. All he is doing is crying about the weather. LOL. It hasn’t gotten above 2 degrees today with the windchill -7 still. He is not made for the cold weather love his heart.

We got loaded up with 44,000 pounds of pork.   That surprised me since we were at the Tyson place.  I was expecting chicken.   Guess Tyson does more than just chicken.

All tucked in for the night now at Pilot outside Cedar Rapids, Iowa.   It’s not a big place but several industries right in town.   Everywhere you look there are smoke stacks and steam and whatever else coming out of them.

We are headed to Illinois tomorrow so I don’t look for much warmer weather yet.

Sorry I don’t have a lot of pictures tonight but I figured you were getting tired of farmland and barns so I only took a few.

Talk to you tomorrow.   Goodnight, y’all.

Brrrrrrr…….  I don’t like cold weather.  It feels crisp and clean for about 10 seconds and then it starts to hurt.  My bones are cold.  No kidding.  According to the GPS we will be heading east for while before turning south.  Can’t wait.  I need warm sunshine.

Cedar Rapids smells like oats.  I guess it’s because of the big Quaker Oats plant in town.  Can’t imagine smelling breakfast all the time.  I guess it’s what you get used too.  I grew up smelling Semet Solvay so oats would probably be an improvement.

So, here we are in a small truck stop outside of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Dinner was cafeteria style chicken and meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans.  A hot meal is good when you can get it but a good hot meal would be even better.  It was filling.  And we’re thankful.

That’s about it for today.  Most of the day spent working out problems with the trailer.  I must be the broke trailer magnet.  That’s two within a week that I’ve found needed fixing.  Somebody else’s turn now.

Well, gotta turn in.  Early day tomorrow.  Good night and God bless.