We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~ T. S. Eliot
On the Road: Day 2
Early morning in Reno, up and out and headed for one of my favorite fast food items, the egg and cheese burrito at Del Taco, don’t judge. Met a panhandler at the door, and living for thirty years in California you get pretty jaded about them. But this guy made the ask that almost always work with me, he asked if I’d buy him some food, so in we went and I bought the dude a couple of burritos for breakfast.
On the road and running hard for Salt Lake City, nothing like 80MPH speed limits, few cops and flat highly visible roads for making time. Flew across Nevada and into Utah. One of the interesting things on the trip are gas prices, at a quick stop in Colfax on Day 1 I spent the most I’ve ever spent for gas $7.39 per gallon for 87 octane, today a much less painful but still high $5.39.
Fall has absolutely hit the high desert and got a great shot of the color changes in the photo above on a lovely sunny day. Of course, that changed into Utah, after driving past and through the always trippy Bonneville Salt Flats it started to rain and I perfectly hit rush hour traffic in the rain. I finally made the hotel, being tired and avoiding humans went strait to my room with my digital key and opened it to find that the room had not been cleaned and for a second, I thought someone was in the bed. So for the second night I marched back to the desk and got a new room, seems like we have a pattern developing.
I walked across the street after the rain stopped and picked up a salad and bananas for dinner and raided my traveling snack back and ate one of my emotional support cupcakes. I then went out for a walk, typed this up and am now calling it a night. East bound and down for Ogalala, NE in the morning, 600+ mile drive tomorrow if it goes well, or a short 450 to Cheyenne, we’ll see what the road holds. Did see my first sign of snow while out for my walk, right in the direction I’m driving in the morning.
Have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane
