STRAYCAT’S DOGGONE BLOG

Life Day 22138: Wool, Wool, Wool, Another Road Hazard

February 21, 2008 on 10:57 pm | In On The Road |

The next week after the fiasco in Little America was relatively mundane. I took a ‘maintenance day’ off for my truck on Friday (the 15th). I had a few minor things to ‘tweek’, but the main thing I had done was tires. I had all 8 of my drive tires rotated and had a couple of slow leaks repaired. I feel much safer now. I also had my steer tires replaced. They were down to the DOT minimum allowable tread. I still have a few months on the drive tires.

On Saturday, I did a short local run, then took a load to Las Vegas, with a San Bernardino, CA back-haul. I didn’t spend any time when I passed through Vegas, either way. When arrived back in Corinne on Sunday night, I took a load up to Logan, UT, basically a local run. I also got another load to Vegas/San Berdue. I delivered in Logan at 0500 on Monday, then drove back to Corinne and picked up the Vegas. The trip to Vegas/San Berdue was uneventful. On the 20th, on the way back, I stopped for fuel at the TA in Vegas. It was sprinkling. I left about 1730. About 30 miles north of Vegas, Just past the Moapa Indian Reservation, I saw this nice partial rainbow.

I took the pictures through my windshield as I was driving.
I continued on to Beaver, UT where I stopped for the night.
I was hoping to have some pictures of the lunar eclipse, but it was eclipsed by clouds. I think I might have seen part of it, but it was hard to differentiate between the clouds and the shadow of the Earth. I was driving on wet roads, so I could only glance at it from time to time.

On Friday, I left Beaver at 0800. I had to turn down yet another load to Vegas because I didn’t have enough hours left to make the run. Instead, I accepted a load to Ephraim, UT. I returned to Corinne, did the drop/hook, and left about 1400. On UT-132 between Fountain View and Moroni, I encountered a woolly problem. I took these pictures while slowly rolling. Sorry about the blurriness. I didn’t check the settings on the camera before I took the shots. DRAT!!!

Ewe can understand why I felt a little sheepish while waiting for the “sheepboys” (could their names have been Mutton Jeff??) to clear the obstacle. It only took about 5 minutes. I continued on to Ephraim and made the delivery. I left about 1800 and drove back to Corinne.