I woke up at 6:45. There was no need for it, but I couldn't go back to sleep. After a little gaming I got up for pet stuff and breakfast. Then I went out and started to get ready to fill up the tires.
While I was doing that Ellen was cleaning the stove. It was too greasy for me to work by. When she was done I went back inside and fixed the broken window blind. Then it was back outside to fill the tires. One of them was down a little, two others needed top offs.
Ellen went off to the can, so I finished hooking up myself. She came back just as I was finished. Then we took off.
We didn't get very good mileage, 9.7. We went out about 200 miles and then filled up. We might have been able to do without it, but it would have been close. A little later the truck gave a low DEF message. We stopped at a rest stop and put in a box. It was good I did both. We got into a traffic jam just as we got to Boise.
We were in the jam for about half an hour. I would have been really worried if I hadn't added the fuel and DEF. It turns out that some idiot was pulling a tow behind trailer with a small Japanese SUV. It wasn't up to the task and the trailer flipped. The SUV had its top ripped most of the way off, but that might have been done by the firemen.
After that it was an uneventful trip. Unhooking wasn't.
Yesterday the hitch was sticky. Today the hitch wouldn't unhook. I tried two times. I finally removed the plastic blocks I'd put below the tires and the front jacks. That dug them into the gravel. Then I just drug the hitch clear. Afterwards I lubed the hitch thoroughly. It was really dry. Hopefully that fixes it.
After that I was hot and tired. I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening on TV and surfing. Dinner was leftovers.
We've decided to stay here an extra day. According to the web that will mean that we won't be contagious when we get to Richland.
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