DG:  8:20.  And here I sit, and sit, and sit. Thank God and my wife I have the History Channel.  Or maybe it’s a curse. But I don’t think so. I am learning so much useless knowledge to add to my already voluminous storehouse of little known facts.  Perhaps someday i will be on Jeopardy, and win. 

So what did I learn last night?  Sea plankton can survive in the vacuum of outer space. Who would of thought? Now how would that appear on Jeopardy?  These sea creatures were found to thrive on the windows of the International Space Station.  Alex, what are plankton?  Correct for $2000.00.

8:40: Breakfast at Denny’s. Getting my protein. Along with a few carbs. Trying to watch tv with closed captions. They don’t always get the words right so it’s kind of funny, sometimes when it’s not supposed to be. 

9:15; Alright, breakfast was good. Now what?  Need ice for the cooler. 

Kids called. They wanted to wish papaw a happy Father’s Day. That was nice. Got to tak to all three of them and Kaiden told me Alex said hello so that made my day. They were having fun so didn’t talk long. Just missing me. I miss them too. 

Wanting to try something different for dinner I asked Serie about restaurants in the area. Only one within walking distance but it’s on the other side of the interstate.  The only restaurant I can think of that I would cross that kind of traffic for is Bojangles and they don’t have one in Iowa. Like it says in the movie, this ain’t heaven. 

3:30: Feeling like an early dinner. Walked around a little. Not much here. There is a Menards next door but don’t need anything from there. There’s a gym across the road but I’m not a member and don’t have any gym clothes with me. Sitting in the smoking area having a cigar and watching drivers get fuel. This is so exciting. 

Word of caution:  If you have one of those high powered butane cigar lighters that burn so efficiently you can’t see the flame don’t stick your thumb over it to see if it’s burning.  If it’s lit it’s really hot. I don’t think it will blister. 

It’s a beautiful day here in Clive. Don’t know what the locals do for fun around here but they have a beautiful day in which to do it. It’s hot but there is a nice steady breeze. 

So dinner was good. This is a jalepeno, shirhacha bacon burger. Can it get any better than this?

I’m contemplating another shower as after tonight I will most likely be traveling everyday of the week. 

6:00 pm, still warm and breezy. I saw on the news that Colorado had a record high of 103. No thank you. 

I checked the web for cab companies as I heard of this new one Lyft that’s supposed to be better than Uber and I found that there are a lot of apps for rides including some that let you order a commercial cab online. I couldn’t think of anything around Des Moines that I would want to spend money to get too so left it at curiosity. 

NBA final game was on in the lounge/tv room so I stayed and watched the first half. I had turned my truck off to save fuel before going in around five hours ago. When I came back this is what I found. 

That’s the temperature on my thermostat in the bunk area of the cab of the truck. Never to worry, it’s cooling down pretty quickly.  

9:15: getting cool enough to go to sleep now. But first some history channel. 

Good night and God bless. 

Annie – I haven’t done anything but lay around and watch TV all day and miss my baby.    Guess it’s time to go to bed.  

Goodnight y’all.