September 17 – hit the road at 07:30. That's early for me. Not much traffic on the road (go figure – it's eastern Nevada and Western Utah – nothing here. Well, Wendover has casinos... and it's about 5 minutes from the Bonneville Speedway. I saw a dozen or so vehicles out there seeing how fast they could go.
MM 102, heading toward SLC, some poor chump rolled his van (full size). I think I got a pic of it – I'll check that in a bit. By the time I got there, it was in the investigation stage. Nobody there but the police. (No Pic - unless you count a blurry shot of some grass and rocks)
I wonder if it would be faster to cut north on I-215 and pick up 84 eastbound out of Ogden. It's a long slow haul up 80.
Trip across Wyoming uneventful – except CS has set the delivery appointment to Friday. No way on earth I can make that. Mindy is looking to see if a trailer swap can be arranged. Somehow I doubt it – I'm gonna end up spending the weekend in Peru IL (the place I've designated as the last stop before delivery). Why Peru? Flying J. Wi Fi.
About 30 miles west of Laramie, somebody dropped a big rig on the driver's side. I tried for a photo, but I'm pretty sure I failed. Could not even make out the carrier name – it wasn't on the trailer doors.
Hit the Pilot at MM 367 exactly at 18:45..woot! 10 hours of driving to go 578 miles. Excellent!.
HUGE potholes in the lot, though. Came around the corner to do a pull-through.. damn near lost the truck. I'm pretty sure I saw Bejing at the bottom.
Yeah, I could have gone farther, but if I'm gonna swap a trailer in Denver (who knows?) I don't want to have to back-track 50 or so miles.. Besides, this sets me up for an 8 hour drive to Lincoln, NE – where I can stop at Shoemaker's – 8 hours from Peru, Il – and another WiFi spot. Given that I have only 18 hours left on my 70 to get to Peru, I think it works this way. 3 hours from Peru to Consignee.. Planned originally for Saturday. If I have to wait for Monday, I think I'll be starting out with close to 30 hours available up front, plus what I regain as days go by.
We'll see how it goes. Now I'm gonna go play with my spreadsheet.
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