(Map Copywright 2000 by American Automobile Association)
Route Map:
DATE: NOVEMBER 21, 2001
10:39 PM = Left home. 0.0 Trip miles. 59,641 total. Only a 2-day Thanksgiving weekend trip, but I intend to make it one for the record books!
11:50 PM = 74.5 miles = I-5 South. Arizona? Utah? Texas? New Mexico? Oklahoma? (Arkansas???)
BAD traffic on I-5. (just a buncha people)
DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2001
10:41/368.6 = Entered I-15 North in bumper-to-bumper traffic!
10:46/372.0 = I-40 East in Barstow : Will this road in Albuquerque STILL be under construction?
DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 2001
10:51 AM = Back on I-40, heading WEST. 822.0.
Thinkin' about goin' on the "Extraterrestrial Highway" -- if i go there, then home EMA = 1908.3 miles. ETA = 1:03 AM.
DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 2001
8:37 PM/1592.3 = Turned left on U.S. Hwy 50 in Fallon. 4% of Americans said they never went to a McDonald's in 2000.
DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 2001
9:34 PM/1654.1 = I-80x13 for Virginia St. in Reno.
10:32/1656.0 = Back on I-80 with $45 more in my wallet. It's raining over here -- not a good sign.......... What will Donner Pass be like?
11:20 PM/1689 = Chains are required @ Donner Pass, so I turned around @ I-80xHwy89 - Heading back towards Reno.
11:41 PM/1708.3 = Back to the Silver State -- again! Plan for tonight is unclear.
11:54/1721.4 = I-80x13 AGAIN! (can't believe I'm doing this!)
DATE: NOVEMBER 24, 2001
1:30 AM = Back to car with $25 more ($70 total winnings today) - I guess I knew when to stop this time. 1721.8 trip miles. 61,362 total.
1:39/1723.3 = Took I-80x15 for 395 South, then came back North on 395.
1:59 AM = 1743.3 miles = Back to California (on 395 N.) -- AGAIN!
2:07 = 1760.8 = Took exit for Highway 70 -- and at the CA Agricultural Inspection station, I heard snowchains aren't required! (thanks God).
5:44 AM = 1866.2 = Pulled over @ an "Observation Point"; the last 116 miles took 3:37!!
8:00 AM = Woke up -- Raining-n-Winding, but not snowing.
8:07 = On The Road Again
8:35/1892.6 = From 99 South to 162 West. 'tis WINDY! very very VERY strong crosswinds, sidewinds, frontwinds, backwinds, and other "miscellaneous"
winds!
10:15 AM/2000.4 miles = Entered good ole I-80........ I'm 8 hours late, but very thankful about yesterday's storm -- this trip has now become more than a
"respectable" 2000 miles... and also broke record last night: I was driving on the wrong side of 70 for a good 15-20 minutes... and last night was an
experience to remember! I should come back on 70 again sometime.
10:27/2015.2 = Left Good Ole I-80 and entered I-680 for the final stretch home...........
11:28 AM = Home. (about 8 hours late). 2090.7 trip miles. 61731 total.