It's a long way from Grand Prairie(Dallas), TX to Auburn(Seattle), WA especially when the route
is under the gun of a winter storm of such magnitude. I camped for the night in Nacona, TX.
When i got going early the temp was comfy 50 degrees. In first 100 miles the temp dropped nearly
30 degrees. By the time I made Amarillo the temp was 20 something and raining and that was
freezing on contact. I never made it out of the 20 degree weather till I got closer to Albuquerque.
I narrowly escaped a sleet shower at Clines Corner, NM. I awoke under cold but starry skies and
set out for Gallup. The temp rose briefly to the 40's in Albuquerque. Back to the 20's soon thereafter
under partly sunny skies. Up accross the Navajo Nation into Cortez, CO. Snowpacked roads until
I arrived at the UT state line. Utah does a great job clearing it's roads but then they do have tons of road
salt. Good dry roads from Monticello to Green River, UT. No -Beaver was not on route this time
except as a alternate in case weather made Soldier's Summit impassable. The next day I tackled Soldiers
Summit. At times I could not tell if I was driving on snow, ice or salt. I concluded since I was not
sliding at 65mph it must have been salt. A cold trip up through SLC and into Idaho. Camped at
Truckers Oasis-Twin Fall, ID. My final push to Seattle was great. Sunny skies when I got to Boise adn
into Oregon. Turned ugly cloudy as I reached the Columbia River crossing at Hermiston, OR. I was fine
however all the way to Yakima. Spent night there then tackled last 200 miles next day. Snowing on me
from Yakima to Ellensburg as challenged the three nasty wenches. Fueled in Ellensburg and then headed
up Snoqualmie. Was making good progress past the wiegh station at Cle Elum, WA then traffice came to
an abrupt halt. The mother of all traffic backups. Hundreds of big rigs and thousands of cars shut down
after a multiple vehicle accident closed I90. By the time the WDOT got the road cleared the snow cover
adn ice made it nescessary to chain up . Less than 160 miles in 6 hours. Delivered one day late.
Following delivery the next day, I discovered Mocha GIrls-but what happens in Seattle stays in Seattle.

Picked up current load in Everett(toilet paper) and I now blog from Ontario, CA