Back to a "normal" week

We had a pretty good day off. We were busy nearly the entire time it seemed, getting our "chores" and errands done in time to hit the road Tuesday morning. One day off sure goes fast, but it's better than nothing! We did home a little later than normal Sunday nite due to the detour we had to take on I-80 in Iowa.


Tuesday morning we got our load early and headed out of Salt Lake before all the commuters hit the road. It's just a little easier that way, tho not so easy to get up that early! As we went along Tuesday I kept trying to get info on the detour, but really didn't hear anything, so we parked for our normal nite just east of Council Bluffs. Wednesday morning on the way to Des Moines, we saw the portable highway signs declaring I-80 was now open all the way across Iowa. YA, that'll cut the time back to what it should be!


The rest of the trip there was good. Weather held up for us (with the exception of some sprinkles in Lincoln) and we a good ride. Typical trip, made it to Gary, had our shower and went back to the Conway yard for a relaxing evening.


We are now in western Nebraska, and Kim has taken command for her drive. I typically drive from Gary, Ind to somewhere between Grand island and Nrth Platte, Neb. It usually pushes between 650-700mi for the day. Kim usually does about the same, and gets us over to the Rock Springs, Wy area. I have to have 10hrs down time before I can take it back and finish the trip to SLC. We each can DRIVE a maximum of 11 hrs but have to have 10hrs between drives. I stress drive, because fuel stops, rest breaks, etc don't count against drive time. We have up to 14hrs to get our 11hours of driving in. However, if we get to that 14h mark and don't have the 11hrs finished, we are done with whatever we have at that point. Then we must have 10hrs off before we can start driving again.



OK, enough logbookology, we should get back to SLC about 2:30 am local (according to Lola) in the morning. We'll swap this trailer for another loaded one (after SOMEONE gets to back this one into the dock :) ) We then head back to Aurora for the 2nd half of our week. Those are the weekend runs that pretty much leave us to our own schedule. We usually push about normal tho so we can get back to SLC at a decent time Sunday evening.



On a final note, since I-80 was open, we got to see some of the flooded areas in Iowa. Our hearts really go out to those people. You always believe and hope that nothing bad can happen to you and yours, but seeing it first hand really proves just how powerless we are against Mother Nature.

Till next time, keep it safe out there!