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Mile by Mile, We are Getting Closer |
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Written by Susan Hollingshead
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 13:13 |
 Having gained an extra hour the other day has made it easier for us to get up early which in turn gets us on the road sooner. We were up early, showered and fed, heading further west on the I-80 by 8:15 this morning. Trekking through Nebraska continued to be grey and sporadically rainy but our drive across the state remained trouble free. We saw baled hay sitting in flooded fields, more high creeks and lots of signs of excess water; remnants of the heavy rains that have passed through the area recently
We gained another hour (we are now on Mountain Time) so when we stopped in Sidney, Nebraska for lunch it was just before noon there and we were starving. While stopped we also stocked up on produce at the Wal-mart Supercenter; fruit and vegetables that we can munch on tomorrow while we drive. By then we were out of the rainy area and the clouds were behind us; fields were no longer flooded (in fact they were irrigating the fields) and the terrain was much like what we have seen in Alberta.
Once we reached Wyoming we had two routes to choose from; staying on the I-80 to Salt Lake City, Utah then heading north on I-15 and I-84 or taking the I-25 north from Cheyenne, Wyoming; we chose the latter. According to our GPS systems (yes, we use two) the two routes differ by less than 100 kms. with the Utah route actually being shorter. We just felt better knowing we were starting to head in the direction of BC now and tonight we are camped at a little RV park at Kaycee, just south of Buffalo, Wyoming where we will pick up the I-90 tomorrow. So far the scenery is quite beautiful; the forecast isn’t bad either…warm and cloudy with little precipitation in the forecast for our drive tomorrow. We ARE getting there!
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