7:15 am.  Awake and ready for the day.   Going to try to get in to see dentist today or tomorrow.   Thankfully still no pain or more chipping.  

8:30 am.  Appointment set for tomorrow at 2.   The receptionist said hopefully Debbie can just file the chip.  Here’s hoping.  

9 am.   Physical therapist here for mom.   She is doing her leg lifts and squats.   

DG:  1:24, unloaded after three and a half hours. Barnes and Nobels doesn’t let you back your trailer into a dock. They have you drop it and the yard jockey puts it in there for you. That was nice, but then they have you wait in a not so comfortable driver’s lounge until they call your door number.  Go get your paperwork, hook up to your trailer and your off. 

Next stop wasn’t too far away, but these New Jersey roads wear me plumb out.  You see the towns have been there a really long time and they are fairly close together. Then the highway system came along and put all these major highways around them and they had to figure out a way to get you off the highway, through the town, then back onto the highway. And they hired a traffic engineer who used to be a pretzel maker and an abstract artist and he was very creative. Add to that four million cars all going to the same places everyday at all different times and you have some idea of what I have been dealing with today.  Contrary to popular belief, at least outside of the northeast, the people were very accommodating once I figured out their system. If you want to get out in traffic you have to let your intentions known, then they will make allowances and let you in. 

6:30, So I’ve only gone about 150 miles today but spent around five and a half hours unloading and loading. So I stopped at the truck stop where I fueled. Probably could have gone farther but then it would have been hard to find a parking space so I opted to stay here and get an early start. Hopefully I can avoid some traffic. 

Headed for Geneva, IL with some plastic display stuff. It’s light. I have a full trailer, all the way to the doors and it is only 12,000 pounds. That will be good for fuel mileage. 

Here are some pics of where I’ve been today. 

New Jersey. What can ya say?

Tomorrow is another day so sleep is required. Good night y’all.  God bless. 

9:30 pm.  Mom has kept me busy today.  We went to the store, meat market and produce stand.   No seeded watermelons yet so the search is still on.   

I made vegetable beef soup and chili today so mom can freeze it and eat it later.    
 Turning in soon.  Gpodnignt y’all.