and another day on the road, Thursday; overcast and damp.  The Parry Motel’s complimentary breakfasts not worth the wait we set off for Mt. Carmel Junction in hopes of scoring a ho’ made pie but cresting the 6500′ pass north of town in light snow

were soon experiencing some disconcerting fourwheel sideways action so turned back to Kanab.  Since the pass over the Breaks [which tops out at a little over 9K] would most likely have been closed

we backtracked, after commodious eggs at Nedra’s, south to Fredonia, west across the Strip

to the giant creepy breeder-boxes [not shown] of Colorado City and  returned to Utah;

Hurricane [pron. “Herkun”], La Verkin, Toquerville, Cedar City a mere hour behind our anticipated arrival and after gas onward, slightly snowing,

to Minersville, then beneath low skies

to Milford

and beyond.

An hour or so later the two-lane got sketchier

and, despite the UDOT maintenance station at the border, untouched for miles. Those busy Utah bees all snug in their hives with multiple queens make for hazardous travel – not a footprint around the facility despite the storm.

In Nevada conditions somewhat but not entirely improved;

we stopped for cold Kanab egg remnants west of Ely

and then,

highway dry after Eureka, L. drove until

things fell apart east of Austin.

After Austin she tried again into the

very early dark but around Middlegate and all across Dixie Valley it dumped disastrously

so I took us on to Reno

for Thai food with Super8 adjacent and

pathetic TV for our last night on the road.

Friday was slimy wet through Truckee, cars inexplicably backed up well onto the interstate in both directions, slimy wet over 7200′ Donner

but by 2000′ California greenin’ had us easily home

to the chill damp of sunny Benicia in time for lunch.

But enough of that; we’re joining the Cockroach Party and heading for the Cracks…Happy Inauguration!

 

M