Today would be a day of changing our minds.

Didn't get a real early start as the plan was to not take a shut down and run short days. 10 hours yesterday, 10 today and then 4+ on Sunday. Somewhere down the road BB looked at the weather and found that winds will be up to 90 mph on Sunday. We had thought of driving if the winds didn't get that bad, or stopping if they did. And how far did we want to drive today? By the end of the day we decided to do our usual shut down at dark. We had hours to go further but it's been a long day and the motels and the food wouldn't be as good an hour plus down the road. And we'd have to wait until 7 am to get going because of my 're-start' hours.

Hopefully just a minor issue with the POE, likely will never hear about it again.

Did see where the big accident/fire had been on I-10 the night before, some trucker was picking through the remains.

First stop was in Tonopah for fuel. This would be the cheapest we get fuel the whole trip. TA, not a place I like to stop, but the price was right. And when I got there, there were enough islands open that I drove in backwards so I could full my DEF also. By the time I was done there were people wanting to come into that island the correct way. With the fuel card I was able to pay for fuel and DEF right at the pump so that is a plus I don't have with using my credit card.

Next stop was next to the former truckwash in Tuscon. Building is still there, next to a very old truck stop. Looks kind of dumpy but they have a restaurant in it that was good. I had a French Dip and BB had a ruben and soup. When we left I had to back out of my stop because of the huge hole in the blacktop. Guy stopped me after I backed out to say he liked my back up alarm ... BB had been my guide.

We finally decide we will only run until dark, we just do a quick rest stop at Lordsburg before stopping in Clint, TX. Depending on how far we had planned on driving today I have either been running at 65 or 60. First tank full of fuel I got 8.5 mpg.

At one spot in El Paso, I-10 is about three blocks from the fence between Mexico and the US. And the highway is up far enough that it can be seen quite well. Lots of roads up in the air. I was counting one place how many roads were crossing over and must have missed the 'lane ends' sign ... or there wasn't one.

We stop at the last motel leaving town, a Best Western with two Mexican restaurants within a block and a Ma-Pa truckstop. This is where we will spend the next 34 hours for my re-set/wind break. Ate at a place called Mamacitas. Food was good but too much hot sauce for me. Interesting mix of music last night. A couple of country songs, then a couple of Irish songs.

Dispatch in CA put 20 buses on the board. He usually does not put any. So I guess I could have had my pick of where I wanted to go. Just take one. There were a few going to HI, but those just go to the port ... "bridge isn't done yet." Also saw one bus going to the Key West :)

Back in NV near Battle Mountain there was a coyote waiting to cross the road. It just stood there and watched until the coast was clear. We see a lot that didn't make it.

From here we should be able to do a long day on Monday and then a short day but through Houston on Tuesday. I haven't called yet to see when I can deliver. If they close early it will be Wednesday. Rental cars aren't cheap, but it will be a two day rental against over 5,000 paid miles.

Then home for a week. Drive for a week and then back home for dentist appointments for a week. Then ???

Shutting down for Sunday