It was brought to my attention that yesterday’s post was riddled with errors–both silly typos and more troubling, massive slabs of drooling stupidity. I’ve since edited the post, because the only thing worse that doing a lousy job is being content with it, but the sheer extent of what I screwed up made me wonder what the hell was wrong with me. After a little research, here’s what I think it was.
The Pittsburgh to Portland drive has been roughing me up, but Tuesday’s drive from Annawan, Illinois to Laramie, Wyoming knocked the living shit out of me. At just under 900-miles and something like fifteen hours, I’m pretty sure that’s the longest one-day drive I’ve done, and I’m only now realizing how much it cooked me. Definitely looking forward to finally seeing Portland.
Wednesday’s drive was 668-miles, definitely easier than the Tuesday slog, though deserts are no fun on long drives. Some of the credit goes to taking my time before getting on the road this morning, including the safest shower I’ve ever taken. When it comes to shower safety, I have to hand it to the Comfort Inn in Laramie. Anyone capable of falling in this shower really had to work at it.
I’ve finally gotten my morning bike installation ritual down pretty well. This shot also showcases my custom dry-erase board panel, which replaced the rear passenger window.
Everything was going pretty well until the weather started turning ugly and I hit this stretch of road descending toward Ogden.
The wind on this road–which is a genuine long-ass, steep and winding mountain descent–was so weirdly violent that I had to keep pressure on the accelerator just to keep he car moving down the mountain. Even at very steep sections, the drag was so extreme that I could’t put the car in neutral and coast (I know because I tried). It was one of the most bizarre driving experiences of my life.
Anyway, about 2200 miles in since I left home on Monday. Tomorrow should be a beautiful drive, and the shortest one so far.
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