Yesterday's Post

(This post was originally written about 24hrs ago, but I couldn't keep a wireless signal long enough to upload it so here it is...)

I'm supposed to be driving right now, but there is a wind storm in Rawlins with sustained winds of around 70mph. The storm stretches all the way to Laramie and they've even shut down the interstate. I'm currently in the Wyoming Port of Entry in Evanston and the truck is being rocked by wind here (Rawlins is 3 hours to the East of us). After some debate, I decided to wait it out, at least for a few hours. I got online and saw that the official weather advisory is not due to expire until 8a.m. MST. Now I'm not sure if I'm going anywhere for awhile. Beth wanted us to at least get closer to Rawlins so we'll be able to roll once the closing is lifted but that was before I knew it was going to last until morning. That doesn't mean the road will stay closed that long but if it does, I don't want to be stuck in that mess trying to find a place to park like every other truck I've seen leave here. They've all got to go somewhere and I conclude they'll all be bottlenecked up long before Rawlins. I've managed to stay on top of the advisory with less-than-dialup speed internet and have tried to log on to this blog for the better part of 3 hrs. I figure as long as I don't have anything else to do, I'll chronicle the event.

I've been listening to Sirius and my Yaesu hand talkie (scans AM up to 999Mhz). Not a whole lot on Sirius. My Cavs squeaked by the Celtics (107-104) tonight but no excitement since. LeBron made an amazing 3pt shot from 3/4 court with seconds to go in the 3rd qrtr. I would have LOVED to have seen that! I caught a QSO on a local 2M repeater (K7JL) but by the time I had everything set to talk on my radio(PL tones, etc.), they were "73 and out". Oh well. I tried to make contact after my radio was set but they were all gone. I'm really trying to come out of my shell but I can't tell you how hard that is. I had an epiphany the other day that its easy to think you're perfect if no one can tell you you're wrong and no one can tell you you're wrong if you never let anyone in. Since I'm never going to be perfect anyway(and who needs the stress of even trying that one), I might as well get out there and meet some great people and enjoy life as opposed to hiding. Not that I hide, but I could be just as happy with a week at the house and never even venturing outside as I could on a cruiseship full of fun people and caribbean sunshine and tropical breezes. Problem is I can't really experience Aruba from the living room.

I also caught some interesting broadcast in the SW band. Music and speech but I couldn't understand anything other than they were speaking english; the signal was far too weak. I'm still scanning but haven't heard anything other than static for awhile now. If I make it through the rest of the band without any luck (and the road is still closed), I'm going to try the world bands. I've picked up broadcasts from Argentina, Cuba, Korea, Canada, and there are even a couple that I couldn't place. It's a lot harder trying to get any reception while we're moving. The alternator isn't shielded and it throws a lot of RFI my way. I was on the CB earlier but I guess everyone knows by now that you can't go 5 min without somebody dropping the F-bomb, or G-D this or that. I'm no saint, especially when it comes to profanity (I've even come up with a few creative additions ;-) but come on! There is a time and place for everything and 'public' isn't the place for that kind of language.

Well, I guess I'll sign off for now. No since in trying to catch up all in one night.

73 and Out