Selected Trip Journal entries:
(If July 14 = Day 0, Today is Day 28)
9:08 AM = Started car. 9504.7 trip miles. 18562 total.
Today is the last full day of this trip -- (<) 1000 miles south is Saint George. 1100 miles south is Las Vegas -- all on good ole I-15. Bryce Canyon is out now...
9:11/9505.1 Back on I-15 South at m339. Driving with lights off for the first time since July 15th.
"On The Road Again"...
St. George EMTA = 10435/10:34 PM. Maybe sunset at Bryce Canyon IS a possibility -- it would be a perfect end to this trip! I'm going to try for it... ETA based on 75 MPH + 1 hour of stops... I guess it'll be Subway again today!
9:35/9539 = I'd have to maintain driving average of 90 MPH with 1 hour of stops... worth it? Possible?
Maybe I'm pushing my luck -- I haven't had any accidents or tickets on this trip (almost impossible to get a speeding ticket in Yukon & Alaska anyway!) Still, I'm tempted...... and maintaining > 90 MPH so far...
10:00/9574 = Called John and found out sunset at Bryce tonight is @ 8:30 PM -- I'm not going to make it! WHY DOES THE DAMN SUN SET SO DAMN EARLY -- I'm only 4 days south of the Arctic Circle right now!
Grrr...
Ok, Yosemite is out, Bryce is on! (on the way back home)
10:18/9596.2 = Missouri River crossing -- at its humble beginning.
10:48/9632.2 = Sachin just got into O.C. today morning! I'm so glad I didn't fly -- I had it easy in all my security checkpoints except Skagway -- but that was also worth it! It's a beautiful day now -- the sun is out and its a great driving day!
12:40 = 9763 = AVG 95 MPH along with a GMC Sierra and a Nissan Murano, both from California.... we're each taking turns leading the pack!
12:51/9778 = Both of them exited in Dillon -- now I'm all alone again with a car about 2 miles in front and nothing behind me for at least 2-3 miles.. I love Montana driving!
1:41/9842.0 = Entered that place with potatoes.
3:54 PM = 19057 total Odometer miles = Near I-15 mile marker 38.5 =
10,000 TRIP MILES!
"Life goes on, long after the thrill of livin' is gone"
4:23/10038.2 = The Beehive State.
8:26/10302.5 = And once again, Utah hasn't dissapointed in its beautiful sunsets!
9:05/10352.5 = Passed I-15x95 for Bryce Canyon -- I would have made it if the sunset was 1 hour later! But I'm glad I didn't try for it today -- 1 hour is too much to make up!
10:13/10440.9 = Checked in at Comfort Inn St. George.
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