People of Wrongplanet - I have returned

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My Journey is over. I now reside 6200 about sea level in the city of Cheyenne Wyoming. Two days on the road taught me a few things.

1. Driving is very boring
2. Maximum towing capacities on vehicles are highly overinflated

I left home in Wisconsin about 10:30 Monday morning towing a 5x8 trailer loaded with all that is dear to me. Headed southwest through Madison, and the driftless area on US 151 and into Iowa saying goodbye to Wisconsin. I got lost briefly in cedar rapids when I missed an exit, but I got turned back around and going the right way. Pulled over for the night in Newton Iowa and stayed in a super 8. Got about 4 hrs of sleep and was back on the road at 7am Tuesday morning. I made good time on I-80 in the prairies of Iowa, and eastern Nebraska. Once I got past Lincoln, I started to go uphill and as I got higher and into thinner air, I found myself pushing harder on the gas to keep up speed on the highway. I thought I was climbing, then I got out of the sandhills of Nebraska. There I ran into hills that running 3% or 4% grades. The final 200 miles of my trip the gas pedal was planted firmly down to the floor and the best I could was 50mph going up hills and 65 on level grades. My truck survived in once piece, but I burned up my exhaust and I can hear leaks all over the place now.

So rolled into Cheyenne after 10 hours on the road. Sat in my truck for another 6 trying to get a hold of my new landlord, finally was able to move in at 11pm, got all my stuff moved in at 1am got something to eat and was in bed at 3am after staying up for 20 hours.

Today I got cable and internet hooked up and tomorrow I get phone service. I got to stop in and say at the place I'll be working at.

But holy cow, this all worked out, now lets see if I can keep up the good luck.

He made it!

In the old days, carbs, timing, points, we adjusted for altitude. Computers come after my time, ask local.

Get ready for winter, for you do want your truck with no problems over the real cold.

Up almost 1 1/4 miles, breath deep, it takes a few weeks to adjust.

Good job dude. Keep up the good work, you'll make some success. Just keep a good positive outlook.

You don't know me, I come here once in a while but read your past thread about making this journey.

Welcome back to WP!

Tim

great! I was conserned because u did not elaborate on your prior post, did not understand what u meant.

Glad you made it Ok, dude!

You're home! Good trip, yes? I am now winterized and ready for minus 60 F.....bring it on. I have carbide studded 'green diamond' Icelander tires that were this afternoon filled with pure Nitrogen instead of compressed air (since PV=nRT). My psi = 35. My hydrometer is set with antifreeze ratio at 1:1 and my 'Arctic Leash' is ready for the headbolt - I park outside so my engine block must stay toasty, or at least not a frozen ice cube. Autumn and winter are my favorite seasons and I live in the Interior between 2 rivers, the Chena & Nenana. The University is near my apartment so I can toggle back & forth when I feel like it too. Anyway, glad you're back. Did you miss us? Oh, separate thought: I love the Inventor too! I'll keep you all informed when Fur Rendezvous & the Iditarod begins in February if you let me know about Mardi Gras - deal?

Sounds like you are doing great.
Well done, you must have a sense of real achievement.

Congradulations on having made it safely to Cheyenne, I hope the job works out for you.

Also, I don't remember much of hills in Nebraska, though I do remember some hills between Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha Nebraska. -- Then again, it's been over 20 years since I travelled that stretch of I-80.

About a year ago, I had a pet fantasy that I would be more successful in life if I moved to Wyoming or Montana or some similar "big sky" type of state and lived in some rural-ish quaint suburb of like Laramie or Cheyenne or Helena or whatever.

I think I just find those city names pretty and like the idea of seeing big granite mountains just poking up out of nowhere like Hashem's discarded tin cans. And I haven't managed to let go of my little-girl cowgirl fantasies. Yay horses! Never mind that my mildly-asthmatic lungs would snap shut within ten seconds of shoveling that first mass of stall-crap.

You're living the dream, Scoots! I hope you will tell us what Cheyenne is really like. Make it sound really unrealistic and glamorous and rugged, please. Woot!

It certainly is nice up here. The locals are overwhelmingly polite and helpful. It's very arid and windy. Today the winds were up around 30mph blowing crap everywhere. Food is more expensive, but gas is 30 cents cheaper than in wisconsin and beef products are in abundance and cheap. I live seven blocks from the state capitol building near a rail line that has trains moving through town 24/7. My landlord is long haired, scraggly, beer drinking, but nice guy. The part of town I live in is rather run down, but tranquil. From what my landlord tells me, even the police are bored around here. I haven't eat much of anything since monday and I just got done eating the first decent meal and now my tummy hurts really bad. Monday I start work and it should be interesting