We got up at 7 and were on the road a little before 8. The weather was bad most of the way, It was foggy when we left - visibility about 200 yds. In a few miles it started getting worse. It got down to 100 to 150 feet. I'm driving at 65. If there's anything in front of us we'll hit it. I couldn't slow down though, because someone will rear end us. This lasted for 20 to 30 miles. It's the worst driving I've done with the trailer.
Eventually the fog lifted. Driving was OK for awhile and then the rain started. It wasn't really heavy, but it kept up on and off for the rest of the trip.
The only other things of note were the fuel mileage (10 to 11.5) and Ellen's lack of navigational ability. The GPS didn't agree with the way we wanted to go, so she had to give me directions., At one point she told me to take the wrong highway. We had to make a 3 mile u-turn to get on the right one.
The road from Casper to Rawlins was a lot better than I thought it would be. We made good time. We were in Rawlins by 2:30. We could have gone to Green River and then stopped in Idaho tomorrow. Oh well.
Fuel is really expensive here - $3.54/gal. I hope that isn't the way it is for the rest of the trip.
After we set up we went for a walk. Then it was surfing and TV. About 5:30 a strong thunderstorm came through. It had it all, strong winds, lots of thunder and lightning, heavy rain, and quarter size hail. I thought the truck was going to be damaged, but it wasn't. It was really loud inside the trailer though. Lucy was not amused.
It was pizza and salad for dinner. After that it was reading and surfing.
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