by CallieO on Fri Jun 17, 2016 4:49 pm
Thursday, 6/16/16 (Day 5), 9:35 a.m. Central:
The breakfast bar at the recently-constructed hotel in Lincoln was MASSIVE. As always, I took full advantage of the free hot meal.
Today's destination: Rawlins, WY.
Thursday, 6/16/16, 3:20 p.m.. Central:
We stopped for Pizza Hut in Cozad, Nebraska, using Mom's second coupon. We discussed the possibility of splitting the remaining leg of the trip into thirds, stopping in Cheyenne instead of Rawlins, but the more expensive hotel prices in Cheyenne put an end to that idea.
It's been extremely hot the last several days; since MIssouri, really. We were fortunate to get out of metropolitan St. Louis when we did. According to NPR, there was a massive power outage involving about 1500 customers the day after we left O'Fallon, owing to an underground electric fire.
Thursday, 6/16/16, 7:24 p.m. Mountain:
We passed through Cheyenne, WY, a few minutes ago. . We're over a mile high, but it's all been very gradual. We haven't had the sense of going up and down mountains, like near my late grandparents' house in Huntingdon, PA.
Mom had trouble breathing and had to use her rescue inhaler at the last gas stop just before Cheyenne.
A little less than two hours til the hotel.
Thursday, 6/16/16, 8:56 p.m. Mountain:
It was bound to happen eventually: The two cars got separated. Due to the sunset in Mom's eyes, an enormous amount of bug splatter on the windshield, and a funky way to establish a rest stop on Wyoming's part, we took an exit that Dad and Tim didn't. They're going on ahead to Rawlins, and we're waiting here at the rest area until the sun goes down.
Friday, 6/17/16 (Day 6), 8:16 a.m. Mountain:
While we got back on the road last night, Dad and Tim stopped at a grocery store across from the hotel and picked up stuff for dinner. I was rather exhausted, and just ate my last piece of pizza cold, finished my cream soda, and went to bed.
The breakfast bar at this hotel wasn't really up to snuff, but I did get some sausage, eggs, orange juice, and a bagel. We asked for a late check-out time of 1 p.m. to give Mom a little extra time to rest. So we'll have to wait out the sunset today as well, I imagine.
Today's destination: Elko, NV, 20 minutes away from where my sister lives in Carlin.
Friday, 6/17/16, 8:35 a.m. Mountain:
I almost forgot to mention-- the speed limit as we entered Wyoming was an astonishing 80 miles per hour. I about freaked out. At one moment, without even realizing it, Mom went 84. Then she was all, "Wait a second... HOLY SHIT!"
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