=20 But a thankfully uneventful one. I can do without nearly loosing a
tire ev= ery day!
I left Morris, IL (I-80 exit 112) at 8:30 or so, easter= n time, and
arrived at my home for the next few nights, the Bradley Homesui= tes
in Centennial, CO at 22:15 ET. 980 miles according to my odometer,
and= after doing some careful comparisons between my odo and my GPS, I
found th= at I'm .6% off, so 976 actual miles driven today. From start
to finish, in= cluding 4 stops for fuel, I averaged almost exactly
71mph. I love western = speed limits. I didn't do any math on economy
yet, but it felt like the sa= me mid to low 13s I've been getting,
which is amazing. I can't stand how t= he truck looks with the little
tires on it though, so I can't wait to get t= he fuel wasters mounted
up. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow, but there's = a little catch
with that of course (::rolleyes::).
I've got a sw= eet hotel room here, not sure if I'm going to camp
Friday night or stay her= e Friday night and head down saturday
morning. Seeing that Walt has set up= camp though, I'm leaning towards
an early check-in.
I didn't se= e the Bleazards today at all, so I'm betting they were
treading the previou= sly discussed southern route instead of the
shorter but more Chicago-infest= ed I-80 route - though with my speeds
and their speeds, if I happened to pa= ss them while they were fueling
or stopped for whatever other reason I'd ha= ve no hope of seeing them
outside huge coincedences.
Horay for m= aking it in much less time than I should have, and as
uneventfully as I did= . I hope others have as good a luck - even if
Walt & Ingrid had all sorts = of fun stops on the way, and I didn't
have time to stop into the model trai= n museam in Iowa that cought my
eye, or to stop by the Iowa 80 Truckstop si= nce I heard on the CB
that this coming weekend is the Wolcot Jamboree (bigg= est truck show
in the country), and that there were already some pretty coo= l trucks
there. I can't complain though, the perks of having this as a com=
bined business and pleasure trip far outweigh the burdens. That, and
there= 's always next year for doing a trip like this the RIGHT way
(like W & I ar= e).
'till next time,
MM
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