6:30. Don’t need to get up so early but guess we have slept enough. It’s 9:30 on the east coast and the phone and emails have started. So rise and shine.
Don’t have to leave until 10ish so go have some breakfast. Greg is trying to decide whether or not he needs to get chains or not. We are going back over the mountain today and they are recommended but not required so waiting to see what the plan is.
9:30. Ok. Time to get started for the day. We have our new trip. Head to Modesto California for a load going to M&M in New Jersey. Definitely have to come back when the weather is better. Nasty cold rain for two days. We also didn’t get to see much green. All the fruit trees, fields and miles of grapes were all dormant.
I know Northern California isn’t all beach towns but I didn’t think this would be my first trip to California. Haha. And then they aren’t even letting us go through California and through Arizona but back through the mountains. Greg isn’t too happy. Haha
Rainbow outside of Stockton, California.
A few pictures of Sacramento.
Heading across I-80 east back through Donner Pass. Snow is coming down pretty good.
Got to stop and put our chains on. Here is the Periscope I took.
Skiing anyone?
10:30. Made it to Reno, Nevada for the night. Completely exhausted. Greg had to get out in the snow twice, once to put the chains on and once to take them off. Then the trip down the mountain was slow going. It was great seeing the big white fluffy snow flakes though.
We are turning in for the night. Goodnight y’all.
DG: Try as I might there was no getting around putting the chains on. And side of the road, in a snow storm is not the most desirable place to install chains in a semi for the first time. It’s not a complicated procedure but labor intensive nontheless.
Removal is easier than installation for obvious reasons.
So we made it and I am bushed. God bless all.
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