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| It is a long long way across this country |
My next mission was to drive across the country for my cousin's wedding. I stopped off in Manzanar to take a few pics and my truck wouldn't start- the key would only turn a bit in the lock. After much messing and wiggling and so on I gave up and got it towed to Lone Pine to get the lock replaced. Unfortunately they had a bit of a search for a replacement. but eventually it was replaced and I could be on my way. By 7 pm I was heading north out of Bishop. I got well into Nevada before I needed to stop for some sleep. The next day I had a blowout on highway 6. It took about an hour to get out the jack and put on the spare and during that time about 5 people passed me. Between changing the tire and then buying a new one that wasted a few more hours. I was able to pick up my backpack which I left in SLC. Thanks Bob. I slept somewhere in the middle of Wyoming that night. The 3rd day was a long one, the rest of Wyoming, all of Nebraska - and it is a lot, and all of Iowa. I didn't get very far into Illinois before I had to sleep though. Then another long day taking me through the rest of Ill, Indiana, Ohio, and much of PA. That allowed me to make it to Boston around noon on Friday. oof.
The wedding was nice even if we were starting to get the front of Hurricane Irene. The next day we elected to stay home and not drive. The storm brought a lot of rain and wind and a few downed branches with about 2 hours with no electricity. It seemed to mostly hit to the west of us. My brother however had to be back for work on Monday and as a consequence had to rent a car and drive all the way to Rochester to get a flight. oof. He did make it though.
I started on my trip report for the Sierra Challenge here:
http://www.electricant.net/grundyman/schallenge2011.html
I hope to continue improving it though.
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