[Karl Bebout]

Greetings, 514 miles later, from Moab, UT. 70% of the drive had beautiful scenery. The rest...not so much. Nice and toasty, once I came down from the rim. Even 104° in Moab. Only freeway was 50-60 miles On I40 East from Winslow to rt 191North, that I took all the way to Moab. The rest was mostly 2 lane blacktop with very little traffic. I did get to chat with a nice DPS Trooper, just south of Chinle. He suggested that 83 in his 65 zone was not such a good idea. Of course, I concured. Just too easy to let the speed creep up on the wide open spaces. My lucky day, though, just a friendly warning, but it's in the system. Wonder if other States have access to warning notices? Anyway, off to Nevada tomorrow before striking North towards Kalispell. Maybe I'll just latch on to someone doing 5-9 MPH over the speed limit and let their cruise control be my bird dog.