Truckers Log

Day two of the journey home included a little jaunt between St. George, Utah and Billings, MT that covered 825 miles is about 13 hours. As I sit here is Billings we have about 700 miles left today back to Alex and two little girls excited to see there parents. We traveled 1125 miles on I-15 northbound to get to the turn eastbound towards Minnesota, gives a little perspective on how far north the northern states really are. When you look at the map of LA to Billings it really is impressive on the miles and distance we have covered.

Very pretty drive, some things of note. We covered Utah, Idaho and a 250 stretch in Montanna. Temps started out near 100 degrees in St. George to a low near Butte, MT of 53 degrees. On these 800 miles we traveled through the painted desert, skirted the Great Salt Lake and ended up high in the rockies last. You forget how light it stays the further north you go. At 10 pm last night the sun was finally going behind the horizon. Other thing that was obvious is the lack of people, when you leave a county of 9 million people you get use to close quarters. There were stretches in Idaho and Montanna where I didn't see a car or a truck for 20 minutes.

I have driven the entire way, Jodi has relaxed, which after the last 4-5 days is a true blessing. Our bodies are enjoying just sitting for a change though its amazing how tired we were by the time we reached Billings. Short and sweet today, Trucker needs to get back on the road talk to you from home, it has a nice ring to it!!!