Up at 6 am.  Heading to Iowa.   Only about 200 miles to go.  It’s cold this morning.  Only 38 but the sun is shining bright already so it should warm up pretty quickly.

The farmers are really out in full force now.  Almost every field has a machine of some sort in it.  I don’t know what any of them do but it’s awesome to watch.  Some are small and some are huge.   We did see several small tractors hauling little white plastic tanks and looked up what they were doing on Google.  Apparently it’s anhydrous ammonia which Google says is an efficient and widely used source of nitrogen.  It is deadly though and boils at -28 degrees so it will also burn the hide off in a second.    Also poisonous as a gas.  Not sure I would want to use it but I am not trying to fertilize several hundred acres either.

Made it to our first stop without any trouble.   We had to wait while they unloaded but it was only a couple of hours so not bad.  Took advantage and took a nap.

Then off to Waterloo, Iowa to Tyson chicken for our next load.   It wasn’t ready and won’t be ready until 2:30 am so off to find dinner and sleep.   Found a nice little place called The Other Place which serves pizza.   Been craving a good pizza.  Here’s hoping!

Well, I don’t think we will ever be satisfied with another pizza.  The crust could have been cooked a little longer, the pepperoni was hard to find, the sauce was okay and there was lots of cheese. Better than most we have had lately, but lots of room for improvement.

We have stopped at a Pilot for the night.   Only a couple of miles from Tyson in the morning but a 10 hour drive to Canton, Ohio, so off to bed soon.

Hopefully be pulling in to Ashland for the weekend.   We have requested the time off.   Greg is wanting to switch to KLLM in Mississippi so the plan is to drop me off in Ashland while he takes the truck back to Olathe and then KLLM will fly him to Mississippi for training for a week and then he will come get me.    I have a list a mile long if I am going to be staying a week.    A manicure, pedicure, hair color (the gray is taking over), shave my legs!, massage, chiropractor, acupuncture.    I could go on and on.    Pedicure and chiropractor are top of the list.   Sorry, Greg, shaving my legs is at the bottom.  Haha

DG:  A couple of observations made lately.  First off, almost all truck drivers are aliens. Not the kind from another country, but much further. 

I forgot the second one. Sleep has overtaken me. I cannot think. Tomorrow perhaps I will complete my addition to the blog before eating. 

Good night and God bless.