Heading West

Well, we've completed the first leg of our journey to Tucson.  We managed to have the back of the truck packed and the bicycles loaded up last night so this morning it was load the back seat and do the "little things" around the house.  Since we got involved in a TV show last night and didn't get to bed till 1 am the 9:15 am start was pretty good.  After an hour ride to 'R Place in Morris we stopped for breakfast.  It was delicious, even the butter on the toast tasted fantastic.  We then started a leisurely drive west on I-80 stopping at a rest stop before we crossed the Mississippi into Iowa and then again at the big truck stop.  I can't remember the name but it has a lot of "stuff" and is really big.  There was a full sized semi with a 53 foot trailer hooked up sitting in front of one row of windows in the truckers section.  They had it painted with a beautiful rolling prairie scenes.  Wish I'd taken pictures.  Any way we arrived in Coralville, IA about 2:45 and waited for housekeeping to finish with our room, Backed up to the sliding door and unloaded what we needed and are settled down for the evening.  Not sure what and where supper will be, the menu for the restaurant here isn't to inviting but we'll enjoy the free hot full breakfast in the morning before we head off toward Kearney, Nebraska.