Travelodge Davenport

Today was our 1st day on the road towards Bryce Canyon National Park. Both today and tomorrow we will be taking our time as we drive to Lincoln, NE where we will visit one our good customers.

It was raining as we left home and it rained the whole time we were traveling. So boys and girls, no pictures today. Although ...

Ok, well, I'm not sure I can call it day 2 cause it all rolled into on long trip.

We saw lots of interesting stuff. Just kept driving and not sleeping much. Stopping to pee and for Sassy to pee too! Eating alot of ****... and driving, and driving!!

... one cool thing about Davenport is that it lies right on the border of Iowa and Illinois, which is separated by the Mississippi River.

On a side note, we have been listening to several books on tape during our long car rides. We just finished "Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea" by Chelsea Handler, and we are now listening to
"The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown.

... homes, a marina full of fishing boats, and one of the biggest collections of rollercoasters in the USA.  Admittedly I was there at 8am on a Saturday so it was unlikely to be busy but...pretty run down.
Journey proper has been along I-80 all day - through Toledo, into Indiana, past Chicago without even seeing it through the smog and then just when I was thinking "I'll be there in time for tea", worst nightmare - engine starts misfiring and lost power on a very long, straight and ...

... have gotten a little boring checking out farms the end of the day made it all worth while. The sun set lasted half the evening, but when it was over we were beat.

We crashed at a state park in Davenport, Iowa. it took me some time to figure out how a couple of the more intricate elecrical hook ups worked but we had lights when I was done, then we shut them off immediately.

Nothin' but road. Eastern Nebraska and most of Iowa is great farm country but boring to drive through. 603 miles in 11 hours, did great. About 374 left for tomorrow. We passed a Google car today, eastbound on I-80 just west of NE exit 168. must watch for their entry, we may be on it.

... I can leave the set of The Q.C. Of course it won't be much of a weekend as the starter in the truck went out so I have to replace that. I guess to much travel for this project, the small light in this hole is that at least I get paid mileage. Ha!

First full week out here on the set of The QC. It was an early morning starting out at three in the morning and getting here at seven and then working a ten hour shift. Yah, so three more weeks of this...this...this thing. Hopefully. I guess there is a deadline the first of April so I'm just working towards that. The motto is, "For Kings and Company". Yah.

... I can get home in good time so that I can pack for the trip to Cancun that Danielle and I are leaving for on Sunday. I'll be back here at the Rock on Friday, staying the night and heading back Saturday again next week. That is fine by me, that is six hours of drive time that I'll put on my timesheet AND mileage! Ha!

Back at the beginning of 2005, my brother let me know that my niece was getting married in Scotland.  The next day I learned my boys' school was changing its calendar - with one break being right when the wedding was to be! I had known previously that Icelandair allowed no-extra-airfare layovers. DH and I had talked about it before, and sent for brochures, but never stopped in Iceland before. Icelandair had flights at pretty much the same ...