08-06 Yakima WA to Twin Falls ID
Got a decent start towards home from Yakima on the 6th and had planned on staying near Salt Lake... perhaps even dropping down to see Sebastian at his campground west of SLC but the weather got real windy with rain and hail and I just pulled over at a rest stop near Twin Falls Idaho in the late afternoon and sat it out.
Parked my little rig between two giant rigs to protect me from the wind! HA!!!
From Yakima to Utah border I was driving on roads with scoop-grooves.
It is as if they allow studded snows for too long and they grind a radial groove in the road of substantial depth and pretty much trucker in width.
When you drive it you are "in the trough" so to speak.
But my track is narrow compared to a Kenworth so I was forever ramping up one side of the groove to the other side.
It makes for an uncomfortable slurr-wiggle and if you are not careful that wiggle can launch you up and out of the trough only to have your trailing wheels get sucked down into the remaining one.
Needless to say this was a lot of work.
Add to this that the wind was a constant non-gusting 30mph AND it was raining and hailing then you can maybe see the struggle I was having.
I disconnected the anti sway bar and that helped a lot.
Anyway these Idaho Highways 83 82 84 are really dangerous for light weight rigs.
Just sayin
It is as if they allow studded snows for too long and they grind a radial groove in the road of substantial depth and pretty much trucker in width.
When you drive it you are "in the trough" so to speak.
But my track is narrow compared to a Kenworth so I was forever ramping up one side of the groove to the other side.
It makes for an uncomfortable slurr-wiggle and if you are not careful that wiggle can launch you up and out of the trough only to have your trailing wheels get sucked down into the remaining one.
Needless to say this was a lot of work.
Add to this that the wind was a constant non-gusting 30mph AND it was raining and hailing then you can maybe see the struggle I was having.
I disconnected the anti sway bar and that helped a lot.
Anyway these Idaho Highways 83 82 84 are really dangerous for light weight rigs.
Just sayin
08-07 Twin Falls to Kanab
Finally got home today the 7th.
It was maybe two weeks too long... at least one week.
So now friends and relatives and my MOM know I am home safe.
To other followers this blog will be undergoing a great deal of editing... posting videos, maps, audio clips, images, and insipid ramblings.
So if your curiosity doesn't win out then certainly your appetite for laughter will.
Cheers
It's been fun!
Ron Smith
Hey Ron,
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the trip finished off well. It was great to meet you at Atlin Warm Springs, man that was fun.
You can see how my adventures have progressed at my site, http://www.dangrec.com
Cheers,
-Dan
Hy Bro,
ReplyDeleteYour sis is glad to hear you're home and I'm really looking forward to your revised, edited, updated (?) blog. Although I must say reading what you've written has been highly entertaining and informational...and your photos are just awesome!
Thanks so much for sharing your adventure with all of us.
Love, Carol
Hey Ron, Followed your adventures up and back. Be looking forward to your updates, comments, etc. Enjoyed your trip myself.
ReplyDeleteEmily
Awesome travel(b)log of a trip I have been considering for years.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Tim Tuckett