Day 2 - Baker City, OR to Montpelier, ID

 As is my prerogative, I changed destination about 2 miles before the fork in the road.  This time it was intentional!

I had noticed that my miles and timing on google map were not syncing.  It was then I realized that google map calculates time by the legal speed limit of the location you are travelling through!  Since Idaho speed limit is 80 mph and I was going between 60 to 65, my time was constantly falling behind!  It was then I determined how going south on a slightly longer road would get you there faster than on a shorter route with a lower speed limit.

AH HA!  I contacted fellow traveler Dick S. and he determined the quickest route for a slow mover like me would actually be to go directly east on a lesser road to Montpilier, ID rather than south to Ogden as previously planned.

It was win-win all the way around!  It will put me 20 miles closer to tomorrows destination of Cheyenne, WY and the difference in scenery was worth it!

Image 1 is of Interstate 84.  No wonder the speed limit is 80 mph.  This is all you get for hundreds of miles!

Image 2 is Interstate 30.  Mountain passes again - two at over 6000 feet each.  No snow on top, but strangely there remained snow pack down on the valley floor.  Definitely cowboy country with small and large working ranches.  Speed limit is 65 and I pretty much maintained that with almost no traffic on this route (a huge benefit),







Tunes of the day:

A variety pack on the thumb drive today. Favorites were Fleetwood Mac, John Mellencamp and Switchfoot.  I am saving my road music editions for the route where I will be going slower and can actually hear all the words!

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