Murdo, SD
aka Nowhere, USA
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I'm parked for the night in Murdo, SD. It's not exactly the middle of nowhere, but you can see it from here. It's a small Western community/tourist trap that appears to survive primarily on whatever money flows in from the interstate. The truckstop is small with a dirt lot and a diner. Good enough for a peaceful night's rest I think.
I was planning to go a little further yet today but the sun had sunk to that low point in the sky where it was shining straight into my eyes as I drove straight at it. As I'm not pressed for time, and the sun's glare was starting to give me a headache, I decided to just stop here. I'm 1/3 of the way to Seattle at this point and should be able to knock out another third of it tomorrow.
Thankfully the wind died down some. This load has a real wind drag effect and with that nasty wind blowing earlier I was losing a lot of speed on the hills. I think it may also have been at least partly due to some less than ideal fuel as the truck starting pulling a little bit better after I refueled today. But the wind drag was definitely still there.
I'm going to spend this evening mostly watching movies and knitting. The cellular signal here is weak so my internet connection is very slow which is very annoying. I guess my web surfing will be limited tonight unless the signal improves after the sun goes down (which it often does).
Sounds like a real exciting evening huh?
I was planning to go a little further yet today but the sun had sunk to that low point in the sky where it was shining straight into my eyes as I drove straight at it. As I'm not pressed for time, and the sun's glare was starting to give me a headache, I decided to just stop here. I'm 1/3 of the way to Seattle at this point and should be able to knock out another third of it tomorrow.
Thankfully the wind died down some. This load has a real wind drag effect and with that nasty wind blowing earlier I was losing a lot of speed on the hills. I think it may also have been at least partly due to some less than ideal fuel as the truck starting pulling a little bit better after I refueled today. But the wind drag was definitely still there.
I'm going to spend this evening mostly watching movies and knitting. The cellular signal here is weak so my internet connection is very slow which is very annoying. I guess my web surfing will be limited tonight unless the signal improves after the sun goes down (which it often does).
Sounds like a real exciting evening huh?
