Terrible day: fog, heavy fast traffic on 70, heat, dull scenery for 500+ miles, got lost in Kansas City due to fog, bright sun blocking destination signs, confusing destination signs, terrible accident seconds before us, almost 2 hours of driving in dark on 70 with lots of fast trucks and lots of restricted lanes due to construction, tent not cooperating, lost another hour with time change, etc.
I will never come back this route again. And i will never, ever drive in the dark again. There are at least 10 reasons for the latter, which i will enumerate here later.
The saving element for all this trouble is that we made it to Lieber camp in Indiana where Leben and Erde and i camped together for the last time last year. we got our same site, 214, so it reignited some good memories. Brandy, the attendant here, was marvelous in making us feel at home when we arrived at 8 in the dark.
My new North Face VE 25 is showing its limits. After the trip ends, I will provide more details.
Its 11:30. Way past bedtime on the road. Erde is already sleeping, luck dog.
Photos...
Our formerly lovely camp at Perry Lake Kansas this morning. Fog, though, has a certain beauty, if you are not driving in it.
I70 in the fog when visibility was good. If the fog did not affect us, the bright sun did. The fog lasted almost 200 miles.
Here's the guard rail the tractor trailer took out.
The white truck in front of the blue pickup is actually the truck that smashed into to first one, shown jackknifed across the highway. Literally, we missed this by seconds. You can see from the tire tracks what happened after the trucker took out the guard rail.
Ed and Erde, On The Road
P.S. Sorry for any errors in this message or posting. The iPad spellcheck is not known for its attention to detail.
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