Slept in this am. Breakfast was the usual. I was just going to stick with yogurt, but BB said this bacon was good so I had some of that too.

Sidewalk was a little icy this AM, as were our mirrors. No one else had parked near us so that was good. Made it easier to get out.

Almost as soon as we got going, BB was falling behind. I'd slow down until she caught up and then I d loose her again. I finally pulled over on an exit ramp.

Turns out fuel was the issue. Yesterday we had a tailwind and were getting great milage. Today we are bucking a headwind. I've got a five speed and was only in fifth for a few minutes this AM. Most of the time in fourth or third and a couple of times in second. And this is on a 2% grade at 55 mph.

We stop in Ogallala for fuel for BB, I wasn't sure I'd need any until we hit the wind. I put in 15 gallons, too early to know if that was enough. BB wanted to look at the weather so I went into WalMart and picked up a mouse. $6. It worked as soon as I plugged it in, no install required.

BB looked at the weather again. She knew it might get bad, it did. We drive at 55 mph for another hour to Sidney.

Now we sit.

I-80 is closed in WY. Here in NE the roads are still open but the wind speeds are higher than allowed for RVs.

It is now 11 am local and the advisor is until 2 PM. We will know more then. BB is watching the traffic Cam's online.

We would already be shut down if we had gone through KS, with different RVs.

Here we still have a chance the winds will die down enough to move again today.

As long as we were stopped, we ate an early lunch at the IHop in Sidney. Very limited menu, I got the Philly with rings again.

We ended up leaving almost as soon as we were done eating. We had been there a couple of hours and it would be 2 PM by the time we got to Cheyenne. On the first 10 miles or so the winds were really rocking me around. 40-50 miles an hour but after that we could drive the speed limit but we were still bucking the wind. The only time I got up to 5th gear before Cheyenne was going down hill AND if a truck passed me so I was in his draft for a few seconds.

Getting our permits at the POE is easy with the RV's, we just show them our over width permit ... and I have a post it note with my plate number. That's it, that's all they need. From there we decided to go to the motel.

Sign was still flashing that the road was closed. Plan was to park at the motel and wait, but we did the math and we would have had to have made it to Rock Springs to make Monday delivery. We won't. Even if the road did open right then, we still wouldn't make it to Rock Springs.

Road JUST opened at 5:30, dark is at 6 PM. We wouldn't have made it before dark. And trucks are parked everywhere, regardless of No Parking signs. I didn't want to be in that first mess of trucks where slow truck is trying to pass slower truck going up the passes.

We ended up staying at the Quality Inn, walked across the street to Denny's at the Flying J. Surprised it was not busy with all the trucks parked everywhere.

We only did 250 miles today. Should do 500+.

Now we will have to deliver on Tuesday morning. Donners Pass still shouldn't be an issue.