more changes comin

We didn't wait in Butte, for an assignment anyway. We rec'd a pre-plan while we were enroute to go to Elko, Nv for a relay the next day at 1900hrs. When we got to Butte, we put ourselves to bed for a few hrs then headed for Elko. This was another leg with plenty of time. We got there about 3:30pm local and got a schedule update that the relay would not happen till 9pm local instead of 7. We took the chance to go next door from our relay site to a chinese buffet for dinner, then back to take a nap. About 7pm I heard a truck pull up, and sure enough, it was the relay. We exchanged trailers and we were on our way to Rantoul, Il. This run is NOT a Conway. The first non-Conway we have had in,,,,well, I don't remember. :) It is a load for Jeld-Wen windows, but is only molding, etc, no glass.
The down side is it has 3 deliveries, 1 in Rantoul, next to Mt Vernon, OH, and last to Ringtown, PA. It gets progessively worse with side roads to the communities. Ringtown is about 30mi off the interstate on back country Pennsylvania roads. Sure made it interesting. At both places (Mt. Vernon and Ringtown, we got there about 5pm and had a delivery of 7am the next mornning. The plants had no second shift, so the places were dead. We just backed up to dock, and watched a little tv, and got a good nite sleep both nites.
After our delivery in Ringtown this morning, we got dispatched to Hazelton, Pa for a Michaels distibution center run to Lancaster, Ca. Hazelton was only about 15mi away and we had a 4pm pick-up time. After getting un-loaded at 7:30, we headed on over to Hazelton and was told the load would actually be ready in an hour. YA! just hope they don't change the delivery time on us, and we will grab some extra time on this run.
We are good, got dispatched with the orig delivery time, so we gained about 6hrs!
OK, now for the changes.
During our run to Butte, we were going thru Salt Lake City but really didn't take a chance to stop and get our mail. It was Fri before the Easter holiday weekend, and if we stopped it would be rush hour getting thru and out of town. I-15 turns into a parking lot between Salt Lake and Ogden at that time. Soooo, it was kinda frustrating. We got to talking about it, and admitted we have not been as happy with this as we had hoped, so what can we do to change?
We had been told there was a dedicated route from Salt Lake to Chicago to Gary, In, and back to Salt Lake. Originally we turned it down because I can't see doing the I-80 run twice a week during winter.
We changed our mind, and decided it would help us get on our feet with this job, or show that we just don't want to do it. We will be able to have a day home each week so we can cook up some stuff to take with us. We also don't have to take all of our clothes, and be prepared for months on the road. We will have some time on the run between Chicago, (actually Aurora, IL) and Gary, Indiana, and a day to a day and a half home each week to take care of stuff, see friends, get some motorcycle riding in, etc. This should make alot of difference for us.
We are also contemplating moving to the Casa Grande, Az area in Oct/Nov. We plan on getting our house ready and either selling or renting it thru a property mgr, get our motorhome from Joplin, and move south when winter hits. If we run this dedicated route good and prove ourselves, maybe we can swap for one out of that area at that time.
Till next time, keep it safe out there!