Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Into a Blizzard, the drive to Salt Lake City


The longest leg of the tour thus far... We left Omaha at Midnight with Cain Wong at the wheel, and after several driving shifts, arrived in Salt Lake City at around 7pm the next day... 18 hours straight driving! And almost entirely on Veggie Oil ... our 150 gallon supply depleted about an hour away from SLC.
Near Laramie, Buford Wymoning is the highest peak between New York and San Francisco (elevation 8000') We stopped at the Buford Trading Post in the middle of a blizzard that shut down 80 and put us behind schedule.

Once we stopped, we all poored out of the bus, headed to the bar and got a "feel" for the local scene where two guys caused the bartender to repeately slam an aliminum bat onto the bar as she tried to break up a meth-fueled debate. One guy thought the other guy whistled at him?

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