DESERTS & MOUNTAINS
TRIP
Trip Summaries - Days 4-7
(San Luis Obispo to Kansas City)
DAY SEVEN SUMMARY
Sunday, June 29, 2003
For the first time this trip, the skies opened up, and I had to drive through rain. Thankfully, the rain was in the form of light sprinkles which fell about 20 different times throughout the 431 miles I drove this day. I also clinched Interstate 70 by driving the highway from Colby to Kansas City, which was the only part of the interstate I had not driven when this day began. I arrived at my relatives' house just after 4:00 and settled in, and watched thunderstorms roll in.
Day Seven Trip Log:
Departed Holiday Inn Express (Colby, KS) - 9:17 AM; mile 34,102
Phillips 66/Wendy's/Pizza Hut (Salina, KS) - Lunch - 12:11-12:27
PM; mile 34,306
B & B Fuel Center (Topeka, KS) - Gas - 2:01 PM; mile 34,413
($1.39/gallon)
Arrived Freeman, MO - 4:02 PM; mile 34,533
DAY SIX SUMMARY
Saturday, June 28, 2003
I said goodbye to the mountains and deserts on this day and reentered the plains. I drove 504 miles from Grand Junction, Colorado, to Colby, Kansas. After arriving in the Denver area at about noon, I didn't see any mountains the rest of the day, and won't for the rest of the trip. I also lost an hour toward the end of the day as I entered the Central Time Zone.
Day Six Trip Log:
Departed Motel 6 (Grand Junction, CO) - 7:56 AM; mile 33,597
Burger King (Grand Junction, CO) - Breakfast - 7:59-8:19 AM; mile
33,598
Conoco (Parachute, CO) - Gas - 9:03 AM; mile 33,643
($1.69/gallon)
Valvoline Instant Oil Change (Westminster, CO) - Oil Change -
12:23-12:51 PM; mile 33,853
McDonald's (Arvada, CO) - Lunch - 12:58-1:20 PM; mile 33,855
Texaco (Limon, CO) - Break - 2:48 PM; mile 33,952
Conoco (Burlington, CO) - Gas - 3:59 PM; mile 34,032
($1.56/gallon)
Arrived Holiday Inn Express (Colby, KS) - 6:06 PM CDT; mile
34,101
DAY FIVE SUMMARY
Friday, June 27, 2003
A day after the longest day of the trip, I had the shortest day of the trip. I drove just 357 miles from Cedar City to Grand Junction. The highlight of the day was driving through the mountains of central Utah. Besides that, nothing else interesting happened. Let's just put it this way - Grand Junction was the largest city I was in all day!
Day Five Trip Log:
Departed Motel 6 (Cedar City, UT) - 10:06 AM; mile 33,227
TA Travel Center (Parowan, UT) - Break - 10:34 AM; mile 33,253
All-American Fuel (Beaver, UT) - Gas - 11:09 AM; mile 33,288
($1.65/gallon)
KFC/Taco Bell (Richfield, UT) - Lunch - 12:05-12:36 PM; mile
33,347
Colorado Welcome Center (Fruita, CO) - 3:33 PM; mile 33,567
Loco (Fruita, CO) - Break - 3:38 PM; mile 33,567
Arrived Motel 6 (Grand Junction, CO) - 4:04 PM; mile 33,584
DAY FOUR SUMMARY
Thursday, June 26, 2003
This was the longest major roadtrip day in OKRoads.com history, and the 2nd longest roadtrip day of my life. I drove 599 miles from San Luis Obispo to Cedar City, Utah. I started out by going north on U.S. 101, where I got caught up in a traffic jam on the Cuestra Grade due to construction. Then I hit CA 58 East, where I got to experience 2-lane mountain driving for several miles, hairpins and all! After going through the mountains I continued on CA 58 to Barstow, where I saw more mountains and got caught in another traffic jam near Caliente due to a terrible 2-car accident that had closed the westbound lanes completely. Then I stopped at Wendy's in Mojave for lunch, and hit CA 58 again for the stretch to Barstow. Then I headed north on Interstate 15 for the rest of the day. There were a few slowdowns due to construction and slow drivers on uphills trying to pass even slower drivers! I then headed through Las Vegas, where I hit the first part of the afternoon rush hour, which slowed me down once again! After that, though, there weren't any more major slowdowns, and I arrived in Cedar City at 7:44 PM MDT; 11 hours and 12 minutes after I left San Luis Obispo.
Day Four Trip Log:
Departed Motel 6 (San Luis Obispo, CA) - 7:33 AM; mile 32,628
Burger King (San Luis Obispo, CA) - Breakfast - 7:38-7:54 AM;
mile 32,630
Shell (San Luis Obispo, CA) - Gas - 7:55 AM; mile 32,630
($1.80/gallon)
TA Travel Center (Buttonwillow, CA) - Break - 10:10 AM; mile
32,733
Wendy's (Mojave, CA) - Lunch - 11:46 AM-12:10 PM; mile 32,818
Mobil (Barstow, CA) - Break - 1:22 PM; mile 32,892
General Store (Baker, CA) - Gas - 2:20 PM; mile 32,956
($1.96/gallon)
McDonald's (Primm, NV) - Break - 3:22 PM; mile 33,009
Nevada Welcome Center (Jean, NV) - 3:45 PM; mile 33,022
Utah Tourist Information Center (Bloomington, UT) - 6:51 PM MDT;
mile 33,169
Arrived Motel 6 (Cedar City, UT) - 7:44 PM; mile 33,227
Roadtrip pages:
Day One:
Oklahoma: Interstate
44 | Interstate 40
Texas: Interstate 40
New Mexico: Interstate 40
Day Two:
New Mexico: Interstate
40
Arizona: Interstate
40
Day Three:
Arizona: Interstate 40
California: Interstate 40 | Interstate 15 | CA 18 | CA 138 | CA 14 | Interstate
5 | CA 126 | U.S. 101
Day Four:
California: U.S. 101 | CA 58 |
Interstate 15
Nevada: Interstate 15
Arizona: Interstate 15
Utah: Interstate
15
Day Five:
Utah: Interstate
15 | Interstate 70
Colorado: Interstate 70
Day Six:
Colorado: Interstate
70
Kansas: Interstate
70
Day Seven:
Kansas: Interstate
70
Missouri: Interstate
70 | U.S. 71 | MO 2
Sidetrip Pages:
Kansas: Interstate 35 | Interstate 70 | Interstate 435 | Interstate 470 | U.S. 40
| U.S. 59 | U.S.
69 | U.S.
75 | U.S.
169 | K-10 | K-68
Missouri: Interstate 29 | Interstate 35 | Interstate 70 | Interstate 229 | MO 2 | MO
371 | U.S.
36 | U.S.
71
Day Ten:
Missouri: MO 2
Kansas: K-68 | U.S. 69 | Interstate
435 | Interstate 35
Oklahoma: Interstate 35
Trip Summaries:
Page 1 (Oklahoma
City-San Luis Obispo; Days 1-3)
Page 2 (San
Luis Obispo-Kansas City; Days 4-7)
Page 3
(Sidetrips & Kansas City-Oklahoma City; Days 8-10)
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