10 Days On the Road

Ok, I'm just gonna jump right into this. Doing #2 in a public restroom is never going to be something that I will be comfortable with doing. YES, everybody does it... NO, nobody is comfortable doing it or being in the bathroom while somebody is doing it..... ew. I had managed to keep myself under control until I was able to take a shower in a private bathroom. It just worked out that way.... THEN I just had to have Taco Bell. Seriously. It hit me during the day at a truck stop somewhere in Tenn. (I think) Luckily, there were no other women in the bathroom (as most of the time at these stops there aren't) and I walked in the stall to use the bathroom... when out of nowhere a little foreign man pops in and announces that he is coming to clean the women's bathroom. Oh Hooray!!!! He yelled "anybody in there!?" and I said "YEAH, ME!" Listen Pedro, stay out of here until I leave the building.

Now that that's out of the way.....

I GOT TO GO TO THE IOWA 80 TRUCK STOP TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although, there were a few tornado warnings issued, it was still a good experience. It's huge! They have the regular truck stop items, a theater, a dentist, a barber, 4 food places, a truck museum, and who knows what else.

Now we are headed toward Kansas... I gotta say.. I'll be glad to head back east toward the mountains that keep us safe! :)

I'm here in the middle of Iowa at a Pilot truck stop. There is too much corn in this state and I would never live here. Tornadoes and corn is just not my thing. ;)

I keep thinking about these truck drivers and how sad it is to think about them doing this every day, all day. It's such a depressing job. Driving all day by yourself, talking to your family only by phone Gone two to four weeks at a time! If it wasn't for these truck drivers and all the freight they haul , we wouldn't have anything. It is important job and it is completely overlooked! So many jobs are though....

I crossed the Mississippi River today!!!!!!!!!!!