Gourmet in the CAB!!!

Eagleville, MO to Mishawaka, I

Tomo left Eagleville, Missouri at 7 am (CST) in the morning on Dec 23rd and rolled into Mishawaka, Indiana at 5:30 pm (CST).  












The roads were just great.  NO SNOW OR ICE TO BE SEEN!! Only struggle was trying to avoid toll roads in Harvey, Illinois!   This place was a little bit of a hassle.  It seems that the City's roads (ALL?) were under construction and Tomo's clever GPS kept shouting at him to go straight on one particular road!!! 

The Jersey Barrier

However, that wonderful road was all blocked off with lovely jersey barriers.  
So needless to say, with the commanding GPS and his own lack of knowledge of the area, he got mixed up and found himself traveling down some small roads with narrow intersections.  



All of this causing quite a stir amongst the local people as he rolled over corner curbs while trying to negotiate these narrow turns.  Thus making the locals terrified as they saw him coming at them.

Then due to the Christmas holidays, the roads in and around Mishawaka, Indiana driving was another nightmare!!  The combination of narrow roads, Christmas traffic, tight corners and a semi trucker with full loaded trailer traversing roads without a clue as to where he was going makes for an interesting sight!!  The drivers that had the misfortune to be following this meandering semi truck ...... were more than likely a bit hot under the collar!  (ha ha ha!)

At last, the destination was located and Tomo pulled into the Lowe's parking area, only to find out that this part of INDIANA is on Eastern Standard Time (EST), not the previously thought Central Standard Time (CST).  So..... the unloading would have to wait until morning!  Tomo then proceeded into Lowe's to locate the Store Manager.  He requested and obtained permission to park the truck and trailer in the parking lot overnight.  (Apparently, the Store manager was a bit surprised by Tomo's request, as most other drivers had never asked permission before!! Always pays to be courteous!)

The Cobb Salad

After parking and unhooking his trailer in the lot, Tomo then Bobtailed it over to Wally World (Walmart) a block away and did some shopping for the Gourmet in the CAB dinner.  On the menu in the CAB tonight was 'Cobb Salad' and steaming hot 'Clam Chowder via his newly acquired Slow Cooker. 

(A big thanks  to  B & L and the kids.)

Clam Chowder

Dinner in the POT!!

Tomo will drop his load at 7 am or so Eastern Standard Time on Dec. 24th and then on to the next adventure!  With the help of the Routing Manager.....