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We Made It To Cheyenne, Wyoming!
We arrived at the hotel around 6:45 p.m. (8:45 EST). These time changes can get very confusing. We planned on sleeping in a little this morning since we’d put in such a long day yesterday. That was NOT to happen. My cell phone rang at 6:30 a.m. I stumbled around the pitch dark room trying to find it and stubbed my toe in the process. It was Tommy. He asked cheerily, “What are you doing?”, and I grumbled, “SLEEPING! It’s 6:30 in the morning!” He had forgotten about the time change! Needless to say, that was “it” for the sleeping.

Today was all about miles and miles of farms and lots and lots of cows. Hours and hours of farms and cows……and beautiful skies and clouds. I wished Landon had been with us to tell us what type of clouds we were seeing. They were beautiful.

We learned two very important lessons today. (1) If there are rumble strips carved into the roadway, it WILL feel like a flat tire. For some odd reason, there were stretches of road that actually had these on the road itself, not on the berm. We thought we had a flat tire two times and actually pulled off the road to check! (2) It is NOT necessary to swerve to avoid tumbleweeds. It won’t hurt your vehicle to run over them. (I looked like a drunk driver trying to avoid the first dozen or so!)

Payton was very proud of my driving skills today. As one of my dear co-workers (Dan, I think) warned me, I-80 is heavily used by trucks. We had been pinned in the slow lane for several miles with one truck in the passing lane and another in front of us. Both Payton and I were getting a little impatient and she said, “Drive like NASCAR!” I said, “WHAT?” And she said, “Get right up on the guy’s bumper in front of you and then whip it over into the other lane.” Well…..not to brag, but I pulled it off perfectly. Did a little drafting, too, (I think).

Well, I’m pretty worn out so I’m going to call it a night. Thanks to my special niece, Kayla Brill, for taking the time to make all of the CDs for us. They’ve been put to good use. Also, congratulations to Luke Seavy for winning the 400 and 800 at the State track meet! Cheer on the Blue Eagle baseball team for me tomorrow. Make sure you keep that bench warm, “Ichiro”!

Until tomorrow, Debbie.