1 bus to Denver CO

... spending the night at Johnstown CO

Breakfast. Hot eggs and bacon. I wasn't sure if I would dish some up but it looked like we might be the first ones down this AM so I took a little. Plus some yogurt.

We pull out right at daylight.

1st stop is Rock Springs for DEF (diesel exhaust fluid.) I wasn't sure which place I was going to stop but then realized if I stopped somewhere random, I would have to go in to get the pump turned on, likely have to leave my credit card and go back in for a receipt. So Flying J it was.

Flying J has changed since I was here last. The entrance to the pumps used to be facing the road. Now that is where you exit. Either way I need to go in backwards for DEF. All pumps were full so I backed into the closest pump. People looked confused with me sitting there backwards. As I am watching the guy at the pump I am waiting for finish up, and someone knocks on my door.

"This isn't a parking spot"

I explain that I have to get DEF from that side of the pump and he is OK with that. He is waiting for the area to clear so he can empty his tanker.

As soon as the other truck moves I back in and the tanker pulls in behind me. I swipe my credit card and enter all the needed info. Once I am set to go, I grab the DEF hose and open the DEF on my bus.

It is a 'fast fill.' There is is no way to fill it with a regular nozzle. So I clear my data from the pump and pull out.

Now I will either be bringing the bus in on DEF fumes or I will have to have to wedge the 'fast fill' open and pour in some DEF an ounce at a time.

We are back on the road and BB looks at the weather and road conditions.

There is now a blizzard warning starting at 2 PM between Rawlins and Laramie. It runs through Monday evening. There is also currently a high wind warning until 2:30 for the same area. We talk about not stopping until we are past the area, but that is four hours non-stop. We decide to stop to use the restroom in Rawlins and keep going.

2nd stop is the TA in Rawlins for the restrooms.

The bus is heavy and rides close to the ground so I am not worried about the wind. But I am concerned about how the wind will effect others.

And the wind doesn't catch me, much. When I feel something I just let off the gas for a few seconds. But there are a few places where the snow is blowing across the road and I slow down for those also.

One of those snow blown places there is a car along side of me, that just hangs with me. If either of us spin out, we will take the other one with us. I slow, they slow. I speed up, they speed up. Finally I hit the breaks and slow to 20 mph, they finally pull away from me.

At the Arlington exit there are <> 20 travel trailers sitting near the exit, waiting this wind out.

The rest of the stretch is un-eventful for us.

3rd stop is in Laramie at the Pilot for Wendy's. We eat at the bus.

From Laramie to Cheyenne the road was about the same as from Rawlins to Laramie, except without the official warnings.

In Cheyenne we turn off our familiar road and on to I-25.

4th and final stop is at the Comfort Inn in Loveland right next to a Scheel's. Here is the first I hear that tomorrow is a holiday. I hope they will still take the bus.

I have 'stuck' the fuel tank a couple of times and it looks like I will have to add about 12 more gallons of fuel before delivery. I was hoping that I would get better mileage with the high winds. But the winds weren't as much tail winds and cross winds today.

We have about 40 miles more to go tomorrow before the wash and then another 10 to the final drop.

And then home, or IA at least.