Louisville,KY

We made our top secret delivery yesterday and got a preplan for this morning at 0800. Since we delivered yesterday before noon we decided to head towards this pick up and get a hotel overnight. We got a hotel in Indianapolis and that only left us a short 120 mile drive this morning. We stayed at a COMPLETE dive. Deadbolt didn't work, bathroom exhaust fan was as loud as a fire alarm and when I went to take a shower, there was no hot water. We had to call maintenance to come and replace the handle on the tub. The carpet looked to be at least 30 years old and the upholstered chair in the room needed re-upholstered about the time the carpet was put in. The heat wasn't on in the room and it took a good three hours to get the room warm. UGH! But, we had a trailer and they had truck and trailer parking so that was our choice if we wanted out of the truck for the night. It is Budget Inn East off of I-70 and Shadeland in Indianapolis in case anyone happens to need a hotel. But I wouldn't recommend it!

On a positive note, there was a nicer hotel next door with a restaurant (bar/grill) in it that we walked over to for dinner. I will definitely recommend that place. It was called Damon's. I had the NY Strip and J had the ribs and salmon combo. Absolutely delicious. It was a $54 meal, but well worth it. Good size portions also.

So after a great meal and a Bud Light we headed back to the hotel and I headed to bed. J wanted to stay on his sleep schedule so he was a doll and headed to the laundry room and did laundry. I have to admit though, he is usually the one who does laundry. I have nothing against laundry, it just seems that when we stop and have time to do it is during my time to sleep. After that he headed to bed and then we were up bright and early at 0330 our time (0430 local) to be on the road and headed to Louisville,KY and to the shipper at 0800.

As I was about to the shipper I took a wrong turn and got on I-64 the wrong way. I called John and let him know that I was going to be a few minutes late when he informs me that he just got off the phone with sales and they found out that this load will not be ready until tomorrow at 0800. So that means that we dropped our last load around noon on the 2nd and can't pick up this load until 0800 on the 4th. Hmmm Well we need some work done on the truck so I called Freightliner here in Louisville and they were able to get us in the shop. The front drive axle pinon seal is leaking and the right front shock is out. They said they they should have us done late this evening but we didn't want to wait all day there in the truck. So we called a taxi and had them take us and Smokey down the road to the Motel 6 where we are currently at. We just ordered a pizza and salads from Domino's because there is nothing within walking distance and it is just plain cold outside.

So here we sit for the second night in a hotel room. They are supposed to call us when the truck is ready and one of us will grab a taxi back down there and pick it up then bobtail back to the Motel. They open at 0700 in the morning so we can go back down there and grab the trailer when they open and still have time to get to our appointment on time.

That is what we are up to. More to come as the adventures continue!