Interstate 35

So right now we're operating out of the Alliance, Texas area, just north of Fort Worth.

We publicly stated our launch lane will be on that I-35 corridor, Dallas, Laredo.

So it still is point to point, but most of your large operators have facilities or as you put large dedicated lanes within that type of a network, right? And you see a ton of that coming out of Laredo, getting up to the Dallas, Fort Worth area or breaking out across kind of the state.

So Texas operations point to point, but not, you know, complete irregular route, you know, as we'd say, bumping docks in the middle of nowhere, right? We're staying on high density lanes today.

But, you know, we'll have to wait and see, of course.

Okay, well, let's head south on I-35, heading into Hayes County, District 45.

See, which part of Hayes does that cover? So that is,

it covers 84% of the population.

So, treat those stops as fun curiosities rather than must-see experiences.

Kansas' major interstates, I-70 and I-35, offer wide, well-maintained, genuinely flat routes connecting the state's cities comfortably for larger rigs.

The entire state is remarkably easy RV territory with long, straight stretches of highway and minimal elevation change from border to border.

Western Kansas does bring longer distances between towns and services.

the same guy owns the hibachi

off of I-35.

Really? See, I didn't even know anything about that.

I haven't.

So Temple is right in the central heart part of Texas.

So if you look right in the map, we're right there between Austin and Waco off of I-35.

Mm-hmm.

That's where we are and what we are.

In Iowa news, a semi-truck driver accused of watching Netflix on his phone before a fatal crash has pleaded guilty to all charges.

Billy Joe Grimes, 57, changed his plea Monday in connection with an August 2023 crash on Interstate 35 just south of Faribault, Minnesota.

The crash killed an Iowa couple.

In Cedar Rapids, firefighters are sharing details about their response to Saturday's explosion and fire at the downtown Quaker Oats facility.

A story here from Channel 9.

A K-State bus was involved in a crash along I-35 today in Oklahoma City.

Police telling Channel 9's sister station that the person driving the K-State bus was getting off the highway at a ramp.

Apparently, it was filled with middle schoolers from Lawrence.

There's a crash on Cedar Avenue northbound on the exit ramp to the crosstown eastbound.

I-35 is slow northbound from County Road 50 to Crystal Lake.

A 94 construction delay is westbound from the River Falls exit to Highway 95.

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So not too far different from where we were yesterday.

Just might get a little bit of that extra drizzle east of I-35 before temperatures fall down later tonight.

So that's what we have on our first alert hour by hour.

Again, 20% chance for some pop-up showers throughout the day.