Day minus 2 -- Sunday morning south of Provo, UT
The time change last night means that 7:19 on my watch (PST) now translates to 9:19 (MDT) locally. So, in the course of the 18 hours since we left eastern Oregon, I've dropped 2 hours from my life. I want them back!!! I've got too much to do!
We pushed hard from Boise to Salt Lake City last evening. And, had an odd problem start occurring with the car -- as the GlowPlug light was intermittently going on and off. While I drove, Alex checked the manual and found the this could be an indication of a serious engine problem. But, the engine seemed to be fine - running same as when we left. We checked things in Twin Falls and all looked OK, so we figured it must be a bad sensor, not a serious problem.
Near Twin Falls I called Bill's cell phone to see how their progress was going. I was shocked to hear they were just west of Boise. That meant they'd just left this morning and were already within 2 hours of catching us. My competitive nature didnt like this. It was time for Alex and I to get more coffee and get serious about putting down somemore miles.
Alex drove us from Twin Falls to Tremonton. I got us to Provo as a nite stop. The only motel room we could find was divey place real close to the Novell HQ. I think we finally shut-down around 1am.
This morning we were right back to it - hitting the road around 8 or so.
We're on a breakfast stop right now, then we'll contuinue south on I-15 to the Beaver, UT area. Then we'll take Hwy 20 (and the 7,000 foot high pass) as cut-across to Hwy 89. From there it should be easy to Kanab and Big Water. With some luck we should be at Pat & Steve's by 5pm.
We pushed hard from Boise to Salt Lake City last evening. And, had an odd problem start occurring with the car -- as the GlowPlug light was intermittently going on and off. While I drove, Alex checked the manual and found the this could be an indication of a serious engine problem. But, the engine seemed to be fine - running same as when we left. We checked things in Twin Falls and all looked OK, so we figured it must be a bad sensor, not a serious problem.
Near Twin Falls I called Bill's cell phone to see how their progress was going. I was shocked to hear they were just west of Boise. That meant they'd just left this morning and were already within 2 hours of catching us. My competitive nature didnt like this. It was time for Alex and I to get more coffee and get serious about putting down somemore miles.
Alex drove us from Twin Falls to Tremonton. I got us to Provo as a nite stop. The only motel room we could find was divey place real close to the Novell HQ. I think we finally shut-down around 1am.
This morning we were right back to it - hitting the road around 8 or so.
We're on a breakfast stop right now, then we'll contuinue south on I-15 to the Beaver, UT area. Then we'll take Hwy 20 (and the 7,000 foot high pass) as cut-across to Hwy 89. From there it should be easy to Kanab and Big Water. With some luck we should be at Pat & Steve's by 5pm.
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