I made it the entire distance of about 500 miles from Denver to Spanish Fork in a bit less than ten hours, pulling into the distribution center at 12:30am. The trucks are speed limited to 62mph. At that speed, no more fuel will flow to the engine. We can only exceed that speed going downhill - which after driving for hours at a max of 62, is pretty damn scary. On hills of about a 3% grade, our terminal velocity seems to be about 65mph. Too much wind and rolling resistance to go any faster than that. I'm very unlikely to explore terminal velocities on steeper grades.
Again, the moon was out and as it rose higher in the sky the snow-covered countryside was magical. Another cold and clear night.
Once we dropped our trailer and picked up the new one, Victor and I changed places in the sleeper. He then drove us down to St.George, Utah while I slept. I awoke at 6-something in the morning as he climbed into the top bunk to wait for the JCPenney receiving guys to arrive at 8:30am.
The drive back was very pretty.
We're now off until midnight Sunday night when we drive back down to Spanish Fork, pick up a trailer, and do the drive back to Denver Monday morning.
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