Day 228, September 6, 2015 Illinois

Up at at 8 and showered. Ready for the day.   We have two hours to get to our drop. Greg was on the phone last night and again this morning trying to find a load after we drop this one off.  Apparently being a holiday weekend the loads are not available.  Will keep trying.  Don’t want to have to sit until Tuesday!

I started keeping my crochet hooks in the cup holder so I didn’t lose them and Greg has found another use for them.   Now he can send emails easier.  Too funny!

Made it to our stop in plenty of time.  Not anybody here because of the holiday weekend but we can leave our peanuts and now off to Tyson in Ottowa, illinois to take to Robesonia, Pennsylvania.

DG:  Chocolate everywhere but no samples. Unlike Hershey, Mars does not give samples. That’s why I am boycotting M&Ms. Just kidding.

This was a stressful delivery. The plant was built back in the 20s and since that time somebody built a town and many neighborhoods around it.  And then they put in an interstate 8 miles away. Narrow streets, tight turns and lots of traffic. And I had two sets of directions both warning me about an area of weight limits and another warning not to go east on one of the streets I had to go east on, but that was a warning not to go east leaving the plant because there was a low overpass that was marked improperly.  To beat it all my GPS which is supposed to be designed for truckers was trying to direct me down several streets that an 18 wheeler had no business going down. But we made it and all was well.

Got to the next pick up on time but it wasn’t ready and wouldn’t be ready for several hours. Fortunately there was a Wal Mart not half a mile away so we went and were able to stock up on some supplies.

Next weekend we will be in Cape Coral welcoming our new grandson into the world.

God bless.

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