The day started out not bad in Nebraska as I was about 9 miles west of North Platte on I-80. It was chilly and a slight sprinkle but I could see in the distance the way I was heading that the skies were clearing.... So I brushed some of my teeth and then headed toward Wyoming....
I was planning on getting gas and a shower in Laramie which worked out pretty much the way I figured it would. I filled up Mabel's tank, then I filled up the coffee and water jugs and then I took a shower!!!!
At this point all was right with the world and then I walked outside!!!!!! The wind had picked up and as it turned out it was blowing about 45 miles per hour coming right out of the West!!!!
Well, wanna guess what that is like driving straight into a 45 mph head wind?????? So it is now 5:30 PM my time as I write this and I left Laramie at 11:30 AM and drove 273 miles according to the GPS!!!!!!!!!!! That according to my calculations makes it somewhere around 45 mph and a whole lot of fuel!!!!!!! I would like to say something good about Wyoming buttttttttt???? I am sure there is something good but the weather SUCKS!!!!!!! I had my emergency blinkers on and the truckers knew what that meant, but about 90% of the Wyoming tag people must only know that if a light is blinking then pull over and wait for the state trooper. Wyoming drivers rank right up there with New York and Texas Drivers!!!!!
So just as an added attraction I always seem to have Mother Nature make a call at just about a certain time when I am in Wyoming!!!!!!! and I am right at the top of a mountain where it is always cold even when the sun shines!!!!! so this time I included a picture of the elevation according to the GPS!!!!!! Maybe I am STOOOPID?????
What really amazes me is that every 5 miles there is a sign that says STRONG WINDS NEXT 5 MILES...... Why don't these mental midgets just put a sign by the welcome sign at both ends of all the intestates and say YOU ARE NOW ENTERING A MINIMUM 45 MPH WIND TUNNEL. DRIVE AT YOUR OWN RISK BECAUSE OF THE WIND AND THE WYOMING DRIVERS!!!!!!!
Anyway the bad news is the wind is still blowing!!!!!!! The good news is I am in for the night and I did get a shower!!!!!!! and plan on getting an early start and leaving this #$%&*&%$ state as far behind me as is possible and maybe, but I doubt it with a little luck the wind will have died down some?????
The poetic justice of this whole thing is the rest area where I am staying is the one I stayed in last year and woke up to find Mr. Blue's whole rear end tore up!!! But I have already checked and he is fine this year!!!!!! I slept for about 2 hours and then decided that I wanted to get through Salt Lake City. The problem there is that if you are from out of state and driving through Utah, anyone who lives there has only two things in mind and that is to wreck your car and hopefully put you in the hospital!!!!!!! So I got through Salt Lake by about 12:30 am and was parked in a rest area west of there and was in bed by 1:30 am........
Sorry the postings are not more timely but I cannot get any signal on my air card!!!!!!! Thank you AT&T!!!!!!!!!!!!
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