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Although we went to bed at 10:00 pm, neither of us slept well. I was basically awake at 03:00 am and never really went back to sleep after that. Denise slept a little better but still tossed and turned. Finally at 04:40 am we were up. After showers and packing the few last things, we were on our way at 05:15. It's about 550 miles to Jackpot, NV where we plan to stop for the night. I already decided that this year I would keep my speeds down to 65 mph instead of the usual 70 - 75 mph, hoping that the reduced speed would keep us from having tire problems. Thus it will be about 11 hours in the truck with a few potty stops along the way. The truck pulled the Sierras beautifully. I was a bit concerned as how it would do with the additional load. In fuelling up the previous day at the truck stop, I had an opportunity to weigh the entire rig loaded for travel minus passengers. It weighed 24,640 lbs. which is quite a load.
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We
made through the morning rush hour traffic in the Reno/Sparks area. Should
be smooth sailing from here all the way to Wells. About 20 miles out of
Sparks there's a portable road sign that is flashing .
Sure enough, about a mile up the road all the cars were stopped and not moving.
I
turned on the radio and learned that there had been a accident in the middle of
the night involving two big rigs and two passenger cars. Eastbound I-80
was closed at Fernley and traffic was being detoured through town. I'll
skip all the expletives and leave it at it took us about 2 hours to get through
that mess.
We
continued on without any further issues and arrived in Jackpot around 6:30 pm.
At least the tires held up. Maybe driving slower is really a good thing.
I think we're going to be OK from here.