So when last we talked...... well we really didn't talk because I am here and you are there, but metaphorically speaking and since I do not speak METAPHOR and quite frankly I am not sure what it means but I heard somebody say it and thought it sounded really good so I thought I would use it????? I am just not really sure how, but I stray from whence (neat word, HUH???) I started and since I am not sure where I started I will begin again because I do not want to start as that seems top get me in trouble because that makes me start thinking and that gives me a headache and then I have to take medication and then I have to lay down and then I forget what I wanted to write and in the end nothing gets done!!!!!!! and if you understand what I just wrote then you are allowed to proceed with the "REST OF THE STORY" I think somebody famous used to say that so I will use it and admit to plagiarism!!!!!! But since I have no idea what that word means can I just say I copied it????
Well enough is enough and that is definitely enough!!! and so with Mr. Blue hooked up on the VERY EXPENSIVE TOW DOLLY and being towed backwards, which I can do because Mr. Blue has a locking steering wheel and all this was due to Mr. Blue breaking a back wheel which I am sure was payback for the very high and extremely cold rest areas, all three of us headed off toward Utah!!
Utah I consider a GOOD NEWS-BAD NEWS State, the good news is when you come in on I-80 it is not very far to the other side of Utah. The bad news is you must survive Salt Lake City to get to the other side of the state. Driving through Salt Lake City which I will refer to as SLC because it is much easier to type that way requires that you be part Daytona 500 driver and part kamikaze pilot and have ABSOLUTELY NO FEAR OF DEATH!!! because every SLC driver has but one mission and that is to TAKE YOU OUT!!!! The drivers in St. Louis try and take everybody out, but the drivers in SLC just seem to go after the out of state plates. So if you have a weak heart, weak stomach, bad eye sight, or slow reflexes.... driving in SLC is not recommended. But with my trusty GPS which also has lane control which is the greatest thing since sliced bread!!!, a faithful Miss Mabel, and a GIMPY Mr. Blue we HIDY HOED our way through the insanity and like a cork in a bath tub we popped out on the other side and tore off, well we really did not tore off, we just sort of took off, actually we just sort of wandered off into the Great Salt Lake area. When you leave SLC you head off into what looks like snow and is in reality SALT! There is just miles and miles of salt and the GREAT SALT LAKE and you can actually fall asleep on this stretch of I-80 because it is actually more boring than driving across Nebraska!!!!
So with the state of Utah in our rear view mirror we wandered into Nevada where I gassed up in Wells, Nevada. As you travel across Utah, Nevada and on up into Oregon do not try and stretch your gas as you can and most probably will be calling for TRIPLE AAA or whatever road service you have and that is assuming that your cell phone works which from the time you leave SLC until you get to Winnemucca is a better than even chance that it will not!!!!!!! and no matter what your travel plans ALWAYS GAS UP IN WINNEMUCCA!!!!
The roads that I was on are as follows. I-80 out of Wyoming into Salt Lake City and then onto the 201 bypass through Salt Lake City and then back onto I-80 west of Salt Lake City to the rest area near Dunphy, Nevada where I enjoyed a good nights sleep with no BURPING REFER COMPRESSORS and the temperature somewhere north of 60 degrees!!!! In Winnemucca take 95 north to 140 and head towards Denio, Nevada. Just south of Denio, Nevada turn west on 140 and head to Oregon!!!!
So after gassing up Miss Mabel and having a breakfast of a 1/2 day old SUBWAY tuna sub we made a right turn and headed toward Oregon!!! At this point I will say YOU GONNA GET ANOTHER ONE because when I got to Oregon things got a little dicey and it makes for a whole other story so to that end I say I am FAH, FAH away in a NEVAH, NEVAH land!!!!!!
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Well enough is enough and that is definitely enough!!! and so with Mr. Blue hooked up on the VERY EXPENSIVE TOW DOLLY and being towed backwards, which I can do because Mr. Blue has a locking steering wheel and all this was due to Mr. Blue breaking a back wheel which I am sure was payback for the very high and extremely cold rest areas, all three of us headed off toward Utah!!
Utah I consider a GOOD NEWS-BAD NEWS State, the good news is when you come in on I-80 it is not very far to the other side of Utah. The bad news is you must survive Salt Lake City to get to the other side of the state. Driving through Salt Lake City which I will refer to as SLC because it is much easier to type that way requires that you be part Daytona 500 driver and part kamikaze pilot and have ABSOLUTELY NO FEAR OF DEATH!!! because every SLC driver has but one mission and that is to TAKE YOU OUT!!!! The drivers in St. Louis try and take everybody out, but the drivers in SLC just seem to go after the out of state plates. So if you have a weak heart, weak stomach, bad eye sight, or slow reflexes.... driving in SLC is not recommended. But with my trusty GPS which also has lane control which is the greatest thing since sliced bread!!!, a faithful Miss Mabel, and a GIMPY Mr. Blue we HIDY HOED our way through the insanity and like a cork in a bath tub we popped out on the other side and tore off, well we really did not tore off, we just sort of took off, actually we just sort of wandered off into the Great Salt Lake area. When you leave SLC you head off into what looks like snow and is in reality SALT! There is just miles and miles of salt and the GREAT SALT LAKE and you can actually fall asleep on this stretch of I-80 because it is actually more boring than driving across Nebraska!!!!
So with the state of Utah in our rear view mirror we wandered into Nevada where I gassed up in Wells, Nevada. As you travel across Utah, Nevada and on up into Oregon do not try and stretch your gas as you can and most probably will be calling for TRIPLE AAA or whatever road service you have and that is assuming that your cell phone works which from the time you leave SLC until you get to Winnemucca is a better than even chance that it will not!!!!!!! and no matter what your travel plans ALWAYS GAS UP IN WINNEMUCCA!!!!
The roads that I was on are as follows. I-80 out of Wyoming into Salt Lake City and then onto the 201 bypass through Salt Lake City and then back onto I-80 west of Salt Lake City to the rest area near Dunphy, Nevada where I enjoyed a good nights sleep with no BURPING REFER COMPRESSORS and the temperature somewhere north of 60 degrees!!!! In Winnemucca take 95 north to 140 and head towards Denio, Nevada. Just south of Denio, Nevada turn west on 140 and head to Oregon!!!!
So after gassing up Miss Mabel and having a breakfast of a 1/2 day old SUBWAY tuna sub we made a right turn and headed toward Oregon!!! At this point I will say YOU GONNA GET ANOTHER ONE because when I got to Oregon things got a little dicey and it makes for a whole other story so to that end I say I am FAH, FAH away in a NEVAH, NEVAH land!!!!!!
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