On the Road: Day 3

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. ~ Matsuo Basho

Today is what I call a trucker day. By that I mean it was all about miles, a long 600+ mile day was the plan. I lit out of Salt Lake City at 7AM, I’d say dawn, but it was pitch black. Today I saw a massive temperature swing, shortly after Salt Lake City, up in the mountains the temperature kept dropping getting down to the thirty-six degrees. By time I crossed into Nebraska it was eighty-two degrees, a full forty-six degree swing. A trucker day means no full lunch stops and as much as absolutely possible, bathroom, food and gas breaks all at once, so of course it means stopping at truck stops like Pilot, Maverick and Loves. So today, quick little sandwiches and snacks until I hit the hotel at the end of the day. In general, short of a lot of construction, it was a good driving day, traffic wasn’t bad and although the temperature swing was huge, it was a sunny dry day.

Today I left Utah, crossed all of Wyoming and drove into Nebraska. I have a couple of friends from Wyoming and so I had to check off all of the standard Wyoming items, cattle, cowboys, antelope and Taco John’s, seriously don’t ask, it’s a Wyoming thing.

Kicking through all of the albums on my MP3 and it’s been a fun run through my music collection.

On the upside I reached out to a good friend from grad school who lives in Lincoln, NE and he and his wife are driving west in the morning, so we’re going to find a midpoint once we’re both on the road and say hi, it will be good to see him, it’s been around ten years.

So tonight, a slow night, a good meal and hopefully a little more sleep than the last couple of nights. Tomorrow Nebraska and Iowa, so corn, soybean, corn and more corn, tomorrow will absolutely be the least scenic day of the run.

Have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane