Up and away by 0830 this morning, heading out of Nevada into Utah and then Wyoming. We “lost” an hour as we crossed into Utah, and we will continue to lose an hour in each of the next two days. We saw a variety of scenery, including snow, salt flats and many rock formations. The high desert changed to high plains, to wooded mountains to grazing meadows and the altitude bounced between 4800 ft. and 7850 ft. with the average around 6500 ft. Quite a way up! Just checked Google and the two highest interstate elevations are in Colorado at 11,192 and 10,666. The third highest at 8,640 ft, is about 10 miles east of here on the I-80 so we will be there tomorrow. As it is getting late, here are a series of pictures taken out of truck window.
We passed a series of snow fences along the interstate that would put any in Ontario to shame. They were 8-10ft tall and solidly constructed of 1 x 6 wood, rather than the bright orange plastic or “roll up” fencing used at home. At one point about 80 miles of the I-80 were closed to lightly loaded high sided vehicles due to 65mph cross winds. We experienced the effect of those winds when a tractor trailer we were about to overtake got blown half way across our lane!
As it is getting late, here are a series of pictures taken out of truck window.
Snow or Salt?
We arrived in Laramie, WY. after 1060kms taking just over 9 hours of driving, we have about 30kms more tomorrow. Amazingly we both feel great, a testament to the comfort of the truck.