Today was much better than yesterday. I got 500 miles done fairly easily – I-5 to US 97 and north... stubborn hills on I-5 and US 97 around Weed, CA, and some good hills north of Madra, Or – the rest was pretty easy going.
Got a Level 3 inspection at the Cottonwood CADOT station on the way north this morning. Weight was ok, but dummy me forgot to slide the trailer tandems – so was over-length. Quickly taken care of, but annoying. CADOT staff were friendly and polite- we traded some salsa stories.
Lots of smoke in northen CA – much more than there was a couple weeks ago when Darryl and I drove through. Almost like fog, in some places. Radio said that lightning had caused over 2000 fires in the past week. Most are out,but something like 30 are still going.
Only event of interest in the trip so far occurred in Bend, OR. Approaching a stoplight... it went yellow, and blue Subaru in the left lane swerved into my lane and jammed on the brakes. I didn't smoke the tires, but I definitely smelled hot brakes when I got stopped. Missed her by about a car-length. Biker behind me had to swerve onto the shoulder to miss me – obviously, a good time was had by all.
Parked for the night about 25 miles north of Madra. Nice little rest area in the middle of absolutely nowhere. Even though we're on top of a ridge, cell coverage is for shit.
I've set my alarm clock for 08:30, though I think I'll be awake before then. Wanna be on the road by 09:00 – hopefully will get to consignee by 14:00. If I'm off-loaded in 3 hours or less, I'll have 6 more hours in which to drive, if needed.
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