Kinda wish I'd made it another two hours last night. Could have spent tonight in Yakima and seen mom. Oh well. Made it to the rest area outside Boardman OR before I ran out of time. 10.75 hours driving today. 576 miles,for an average speed of 52 and change. Not what I was hoping for at all.
From here, it looks like about 6 hours- and I can't get started in the morning until 09:30 mountain time, so ETA looks to be about 16:00.
Going through Grass Valley Or today I noticed a rather elderly gentleman sitting on his riding lawnmower, waiving at every truck that went by. I made sure I waved back and that he could see me.
That reminds me of something I forgot from the other night when I was in Medford. While I was doing my laundry, I met a driver who had just been screwed by his company. With no warning, the company folded. The first this driver knew of it was when the police and the repo guys met him at the Pilot and reclaimed the truck. He got all his possessions out, but he'd been stranded there at the Medford Pilot for 3 days- and he wasn't likely to see his final paycheck, either.
The good news is,just as I was folding the last of my chothes, he came back by and let me know that he'd finally found another company that would hire him, and they were popping for a room that night, and a truck would be there in the morning he could get a ride on to their HQ.
Let's see..back to today. Central Oregon has NO T-mobile coverage. From Klamath Falls to Bend is a big void, and from Bend to Biggs is another one. Most annoying.
About the time I hit Biggs, I discovered that I'd brought along a stack of stowaways from CA- a good dozen or so mosquitoes decided to show themselves when the sun went down.
I think I got them all...
MPG so far this week is at 4.9. I don't think I'm going to complain too loudly. Underpowered truck and some significant hills don't make for astronomical fuel economy.
Good showers at Biggs Pilot. Plenty of water pressure,and for a change,the shower head was above my own head! Bloody damn miracle!
Finally stopped at the rest area outside Boardman, OR. Another reason to hate swift drivers. Followed one into the rest area, he took the last slot. I rolled through, and as soon as I passed the point of no return, he pulled out. No head break, no sleepy-by. Just burned me out of the parking spot. I have no idea if it was deliberate, but my gut says yes. Either way, I was peeved.
No comments:
Post a Comment