We spent the night at the Ho-Chunk Indian casino by the Wisconsin Dells. We watch a lady play 3 - dollar machines simulataneously with 3 dollars for each spin. You got it - nine dollars at a whack. We watched for a half hour while she went through $1,000. Then she called a guard over. We thought she was going to take a potty break. Nope, more money. She came back with another $1,000. Sure she caught a couple of little wins - $160 twice and $400 once. At the end she left empty handed.
I didn't feel too bad having lost $18.
At WalMart I dropped the loaded trailer and picked up an empty. When I checked it out I could see water inside so I was reluctant to take it, but it was the only one empty there. We were headed to Whiting, WI to pick up rolls of paper and I was frantic that they might get wet. I called the emergency maint folks and since it was Sunday nothing was open to have it fixed at. So I stopped at a truck stop and picked up some silicone and patched it from the inside, hoping we would not catch any rain on the way back to Gary. Well it rained, and hard, but my patch held. When we pulled into Gary I had the guys patch it up right.
Figured to fuel up and head out bright and early Monday. While I was doing my pre-trip I noticed a bald tire on the trailer, a flat drive tire on the tractor and a questionable steer tire. Spent the next two hours waiting in line and 30 minutes replacing the tires. Anyway we're off and headed for Nashville. So it's Monday and we're arriving in Nasville on I24. Driving to the truck stop was like the old Clint Eastwood move Gauntlett (sp) there were cop cars lining the route. Turns out the t/s was right across the street from the Titan's stadium. That's what all the commotion was about. Pretty cool watching the game on our TV and seeing the fireworks out the front window and TV at the same time.
Our delivery was not until 2100 Tuesday night we we had all day yesterday to wander around Nashville. We went by the Country Music Hall of Fame and the visitor's bureau and headed for Jack's BBQ on Broadway. Couple of doors down is Tootsies, all purple. The proprietor even work a purple shirt. Even at noon all the honky tonks had aspiring musicians playing waiting to be discovered. Some were going to have a long wait. Back to Tootsies. We briefly admired theire autographed pictures ( which all the honky tonks have) and thought nice and walked out. As we're standing there the range rover pulls up right next to us and out pops Kid Rock. No kidding. Teresa recognized him right away. I figured it was just a wannabe. So we ran back inside and got seats. 
Pretty cool !!!
We did actually eat at Jack's BBQ and I can recommend it. Little pricey, but darn good.
One more thing on WI... we were on a little two lane highway headed to Whiting and coming down the road I see a white sedan with what looked like a cop top from far away. As he got closer I could see it was a buck. Then I saw a couple more in trucks. Guess deer season is open in WI.
We're in Gallatin, TN picking up printed paper stuff headed for the Kansas City Star. Be there tomorrow, maybe, if they get us loaded soon.
We're supposed to start TAH on Friday, but this one isn't a guaranteed start date so we may be an extra day getting to it.
Bob
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