Have been in Utah since yesterday, and looking to being in Colorado, maybe Nebraska by tomorrow night... what was supposed to be a 2 or 3 days drive, has turned into just under a week, especially since we got a late start... the brakes on the rental truck just about gave up the ghost last night coming into Richfield, Utah... a 5% grade downhill, truck shimmying as hubby was braking to keep our speed down, then flat ground for a short time, then another small downhill trip, this time there was a squeek and then a squeal as the brakes were applied, end result, new brake pads, both rotors turned which were so warped from the heat of us applying the brakes down the steep grades, and new damper shocks for the steering wheel ( I think that's what they are called )...
So we are now in Green River, Utah, begging for no more mountains, but know that the Rockies are next... don't think the oh shit handle was ready for me and my anxiety attacks during this trip... but we are still alive and breathing, if barely... oh, and to actually hear the cell phone ring after almost 80 miles of no signal, and to hear radio stations again after the same amount of time, was something to celebrate... wifi and a really nice hotel is what we got, and it's all on the bill of the rental company, because of the problems so far with the truck...
