Cross country trip _ so far, so good
#21
07-31-2011, 12:54 AM
Hottest temp on the trip was 113 in Salina, KS, which broke the record from 1936.
Most miserable was New Orleans. Walking a mile in a mild thunderstorm at 95 degrees. Couldn't cool down.
Scariest weather was thunderstorms in Mississippi. Two spinoffs, a third of the traffic pulled over, almost no visibility, lightning cracking down around me. MS state law says headlights must be on in rain. Most had hazard lights on. Doing 30 in a 70 zone with no vis is scary. Hey, I'm from California. We don't have thunderstorms. I didn't know any better and kept going.
Most miserable was New Orleans. Walking a mile in a mild thunderstorm at 95 degrees. Couldn't cool down.
Scariest weather was thunderstorms in Mississippi. Two spinoffs, a third of the traffic pulled over, almost no visibility, lightning cracking down around me. MS state law says headlights must be on in rain. Most had hazard lights on. Doing 30 in a 70 zone with no vis is scary. Hey, I'm from California. We don't have thunderstorms. I didn't know any better and kept going.
#22
07-31-2011, 10:06 AM
Yeah, but we don't have mudslides, earthquakes, or fires. Much. Heh. We do have our fair share of walmarts though. Compensation is a bitch.
Have you read anything by Dan Simmons? I haven't read Anathem but it seems a similar genre to his Ilium series or Hyperion Cantos.
Wyoming is an interesting state. In Yellowstone be sure to park the Fit and walk half a mile or more down any trail. You will quickly lose all the crowds. I managed to see squirrels and chipmunks that way.
And stop and have a quiet moment as you rest before the Tetons.
And if you head down to Salt Lake the best stop for raspberry milkshakes is just about any shack around Bear Lake. Fries too.
The Snake River is awfully fun for rafting.
And don't forget to set the land speed record in your Fit at Bonneville. (if you don't mind getting it salty. If the flats are dry; lots of tourists get their stratocruisers stuck out there when they aren't).
Keep us updated!
Have you read anything by Dan Simmons? I haven't read Anathem but it seems a similar genre to his Ilium series or Hyperion Cantos.
Wyoming is an interesting state. In Yellowstone be sure to park the Fit and walk half a mile or more down any trail. You will quickly lose all the crowds. I managed to see squirrels and chipmunks that way.
And stop and have a quiet moment as you rest before the Tetons.
And if you head down to Salt Lake the best stop for raspberry milkshakes is just about any shack around Bear Lake. Fries too.
The Snake River is awfully fun for rafting.
And don't forget to set the land speed record in your Fit at Bonneville. (if you don't mind getting it salty. If the flats are dry; lots of tourists get their stratocruisers stuck out there when they aren't).
Keep us updated!
#23
07-31-2011, 05:46 PM
Funny you should mention Dan Simmons (one of my favorites). The first audiobook that I listened to on this trip was Black Hills. Anathem is much drier and slower paced than either of the two Simmons series.
My goal today was to get to Boise to visit a friend. But, I pooped out in Twin Falls. When I left Cody this morning, my GPS routed me through Yellowstone. Saw bison and fumeroles up close and personal. But I tell ya, when you have 520 miles to cover getting behind 70 miles of lookie-lous is not relaxing.
I've now covered 8300 miles. The Fit got 41.7mpg on the last tank of gas. The current tank show 42.7. Never-you-mind that I've come down out of the Rockies.
My goal today was to get to Boise to visit a friend. But, I pooped out in Twin Falls. When I left Cody this morning, my GPS routed me through Yellowstone. Saw bison and fumeroles up close and personal. But I tell ya, when you have 520 miles to cover getting behind 70 miles of lookie-lous is not relaxing.
I've now covered 8300 miles. The Fit got 41.7mpg on the last tank of gas. The current tank show 42.7. Never-you-mind that I've come down out of the Rockies.
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