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?

Omaha, NE - Saddle Creek Bar - 04/09/07

Omaha, what a amazing town, bit remote, true... but fantastic people no less. The dundee district (no mate, not that dundee) was great to us in particular. We got our veg tank replenished after a very lengthy all night drive, met some great locals and discovered a new problem with our trusty bus. The radiator hose had rubbed against some metal and was beginning to leak. With a stroke of luck and some dirty work, Don was able to repair our "about to rupture" cooling lines with a salvage effort from parts that were removed from the bus...


The Saddle Creek Bar:
Has a big stage, great bartenders and it's so unknown, Conor Oberst gave his latest interview here. They also have great red beans and rice.