Easy drive down to Utah and the salt flats.
Never seen 'em before - and the interest waned in about 30 seconds. What can you say about miles and miles of .... miles and miles?
Curious about one thing, though. Sage brush along the road back in NV and here on the flats... bright green instead of the normal silvery dark green. No idea why that is. Where do they get the water?
Corporate says skip SLC and drop me off in Denver. I'll test on Monday.
Trainer and I swap off driving across WY, pretty much for the the heck of it. When passenger gets bored enough, he demands the wheel seat.
Just east of Rawlins and on the west side of Sinclaire, passed wreck of big rig. From skid marks and other indicators, it appears he was eastbound and Something Happened (tm). Hill not really enough to justify brake fade... not in the right place to have been a 4-wheeler entering the highway from an on-ramp (though the shoulder is a possibility)..
My guess is an attack by the Sandman.
Both tractor and trailer are totaled... Fire, Police, and wrecker on scene. Ambulance gone.
Diesel everywhere, box on trailer looks like Paul Bunyan stepped on it in the middle...
Got a couple pics, too - though, as you can see, the quality is low.
Turned south off I-80 and headed to Ft Collins via 287. Mostly downhill and a lot shorter than following I-80 over to Cheyenne and then I-25 south to Denver. AND, you avoid that mondo hill between Laramie and Cheyenne.
Dammit- ran out of hours about 15 minutes away from the yards. Trainer took us in and parked.
He's guessing that local terminal management is gonna have a cow when they see his truck in the lot. If Corporate didnt' tell them his rout was changed to drop me off... he's looking forward to it.
Wifeoid here already, so I'm heading home.
Y'all have a grand 4th!
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