WE FOUGHT THE WIND, AND THE WIND WON

When we left Amarillo, we had no idea what awaited us down the road......WIND. As I have mentioned before, with the boats loaded, as shown in the picture, each boat acts as a parachute and driving into a head or sideways wind can make driving a bit of a challenge. Several times, with the gas pedal completely down, we were not able to get up to freeway speeds.

I must confess, and admit, that we killed several tumbleweeds in the process of getting from point A to point B . As you can see from the photo, there was at least one lucky tumbleweed, that made it across in front of us safely to the other side. The trees didn't fare much better, as you can see from the other photo I posted. Yes, the wind stayed with us all day and into the evening as we crossed into Wyoming.

You remember Wyoming, right? The land of closed Interstates, cold, bone chilling weather, and wind, that when standing outside, spotting for Craig as he backed up, literally took the breath right out of me. As we made that fateful cross into Wyoming, it seemed as though someone had flipped the switch. It started to snow. We had blue skies and white clouds all day until then. Knowing just what this State can throw at you, and as it was already dark, and Craig had enough with trying to keep the truck on the road, I think we made the wise decision to shut down early. So Cheyenne, WY will be our home for the night, rocking and rolling with the wind, along side of the rest of the truckers.

A little off subject, but I just had to mention it. While traveling through a small town in New Mexico, there was a McDonald's on our right hand side. As we were passing by it, three truckers were running to their trucks, across the highway, their hands full with the hamburgers they had just purchased..........and jumped into their cattle trucks with the cattle mooing away. Some things just aren't right.