Spent the ...morning in Burley, ID. Windy as hell- whole truck is rockin'. Had too much caffeine yesterday (lackasleep – ate something I probably shouldn't have. Wish I knew what it was. Spent the night trotting back and forth from truck to bathroom). Finally asleep at about 07:00. Alarm is set for 14:00, but I was awake to stay at 11:30.
Went inside and – for the first time – bought schwag for the family. Couple of travel mugs for the monsters, a Mt St Helens emerald for the wifeoid, and a copper bracelet for Damon. I'd have got him a knife or something similar if they'd had 'em. Oh well. Life sucks.
Pre-tripped and hit the road. As soon as I-86 peeled away and 84 turned south, it started to rain. Not hard, darnit, but enough to need wipers.
Noticed something odd on the drive,though.
Rain in Idaho was displaying strong surface tension – it beaded up and rolled off my windshield almost as though I'd used RainX (I haven't, yet). Almost the instant I passed into Utah, though, the nature of the rain on the windshield changed. Surface tension was gone, which made the rain spread out on my windshield rather than bead up. I don't know if it was something from the road, something that finally cleared off the windshield and the timing is coincidence, or if even the rain itself had a different composition (again with the timing coincidence)
No real weather, though. Just rain. Damn.
BP meds decided that today would be a PITA day. Had to stop just about every 90 minutes to water the weeds. REALLY annoying.
Made it as far as Laramie, WY before deciding to call it a night. It was 01:45 anyway – only about an hour left for driving. Found a parking spot waaaaay back in the back corner of the Petro. I'm sure the two guys next to me are peeved, but you pick your rate. Yeah, my load is a reefer load. Plants. And the reefer is not the most quiet I've ever heard. It doesn't bother me – but the guys on either side of me are flapjacks. Not used to the damn thing starting up every 16 minutes (I timed it)
Anyway. It's 03:00, I've finished dinner, finished a magazine, and now, finished this entry. We'll see how far I get on the road, later.
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