WriteAway

September 10
Start 38276 887.5
38277 6.259 gal 888.4
38518 – 38277 – 231 @ 3:00 p.m.
Ogallala NE
38557 168.00
7.674 gal $3.799/gal
Kimball NE stop
Made it to Kimball NE, about 22 miles from the Wyoming border. I saw a Day’s Inn sign and exited I-80 after doing about 400 miles. Total mileage at this point: approx. 1,274, more (slightly) than half way.
The phone book in […]

I’m currently at Thunder Bay Grille, in Davenport IA, eating a very delicious Black Angus burger. It’s early… just noon now. Gonna’ try to make it into (or close to) Nebraska before stopping for the night. That will put me at 800+ miles total, getting me close to the half-way mark. Marlene is tracking my […]

Day 2, September 8, 2006
Odometer: 37490 101.9 start
The TraveLodge was basic and funky. Brand new lovely TV… which didn’t work. The phone didn’t work. It looked like the floor hadn’t been vacuumed… maybe ever! After I showered I had this brief thought of putting my sandals on before stepping on the bathmat! Soooo glad I brought […]

Here we go! The daily (almost as written) diary of my trip. Some of my notes were “better than nothing” and have been filled out a bit with incidents inserted when I originally typed this up some time ago.
Enjoy!
DAY ONE, September 7, 2006: Covered about 100 miles today. Up at 4:30 a.m., finished some back-up […]