1 bus to Denver CO
... spending the night at Evanston WY
CHIRP!! CHIRP !! CHIRP !!!
I look at the clock, it is 5:15 AM, so I get up and go to the bathroom. It is only then that I remember that my phone clock stays on Central time. Here in Wendover it is 3:15. And the smoke alarm is going off again.
Some time around six or seven last night the alarm started chirping so we called the front desk and two people came up. First time without a ladder and the 2nd time with a ladder. I did watch them so I know what to do, it is the same as most alarms.
Then it started chirping again at 3:15 AM. At least that is the first I heard it. At this point we are not going to change rooms so I grabbed a chair and was able to reach the alarm and get it loose. Then take the battery out.
CHIRP!! CHIRP !! CHIRP !!!
So I disconnected it from the wiring.
CHIRP!! CHIRP !! CHIRP !!!
Then I laid the alarm between two pillows and went back to bed. I guessing I slept some again but not too soundly.
About 6 AM I call down to order, to order breakfast. It was ready in 10 minutes. This time it was five strips of bacon each. Good bacon, don't want it to go to waste (or waist.)
We don't have much for rear heat in this bus, so last night after we stopped, I re-set all the circuit breakers in one panel of the bus. Then this AM I noticed the marque was on. :) That is a circuit breaker I do not want on. If it is off, the CALL 911 button can't activate.
We pull out at 7 AM local.
Before we get to Elko, we see two of their four DOT cops sitting in the median. Then a 3rd that has a truck pulled to the side. It will be after Elko that we see the fourth one, also with a truck pulled to the side of the road. But no inspection stations open.
1st stop is Elko for the restroom and we pick up Port O Subs to eat later.
We cross out of NV at 11:10, we had 20 minutes to spare, which isn't enough time to have taken a lunch break in NV at Pilot. Instead we plan on eating our Subs at the rest area a few miles in to UT.
2nd stop ... POE. PARK.
I get the PARK sign so I park and gather my stuff. The scale house person meets me at the building door. No need to go in, I am getting a level one inspection. That is everything. Me, the bus and the paperwork.
This time they just came out to the bus and scanned everything. My bill of lading, drivers license, all my logs, the vin plate on the bus, placards, the works.
Then the 1st person has me pull around into the shed and drive over the long pit. (Not sure if anyone has ever driven in to the pit?) Then we do the basic's. Check the lights, the horn, wipers.
Then he comes inside and asks me to check my emergency exits. ??? Not sure what I might have said, but I was just kind of staring at him. "The ones you check during your pre-trip."
Then I start staring at the drivers window. Lots of times there is one there, but not on this bus. Yes, I did know what he was talking about. But I have been inspected a few times before with a bus and have never had someone ask me to do that. And on this bus every window is an emergency exit. So I open and close each one, they all work. Then he wants the ones on the roof opened. To do the front one I have to brace myself between the two wheel wells. This one has a guard rail one one side so that made it much easier. Back one is easy. In the past I have had issues closing the top ones, but everything today went like clock work.
And some point a 2nd person comes out and goes down in the pit under my bus. The whole thing took about 45 minutes. Then they said I had passed and they would email me my report. I pulled outside and waited. They checked a couple of times to see if I had gotten it before giving me a printed copy. That was eight hours ago and I still have not gotten an email.
3rd stop. A couple of miles down the road to the UT Welcome center for restroom and food break. The sandwiches are not as good hours after they are made. Here we sat at a picnic bench in the sun instead of by the bus in the shade.
4th stop was at the TA in Tooele for fuel. Fuel was two cents cheaper than the Flying J. (But I would have gotten those two cents as perks so it would have been even) Still made a mess today, I don't have the touch. This fuel should get me to Denver. Then I will just have to guess at the delivery level.
5th stop was the POE in WY where I have to buy a permit. This location the staff was not wearing masks but all the drivers were. When I walked in, one agent opened up. When I left there were six people in line behind me. No issues getting the permit, I had all the answeres.
6th and final stop was the Comfort Inn a couple of miles down the road. Yes they have truck parking, and lots of craters. Now that we are here I see that they do have more parking behind the building. I think that is where I will park from now on.
After we are checked in, I call to the Lincoln Highway next door and order food. 10 minutes and it was ready. Good food this time but way too much. I never need a 1/3# burger but that is all they carry.
Load board
US - 244
IA - 114
MN -0-
WI - 8