Back home, more or less recovered, more or less caught up. Back to “life” as constitutes “normal” around these parts.

I’ve done this trip enough times to have a route and timing down pretty well. I tend to leave just after dinner and drive through the night – it’s a different world at 3AM than 3PM. I’ll be where I need to be in a day and a half … biscuits and gravy for breakfast day after tomorrow!

I-84 to Echo, UT. Pick up I-80 to Lincoln. Drop down along surface roads to the Missouri River crossing at Nebraska City. I-29 is just east of the river.

Eventually the dawn comes – I find myself on I-29 somewhere south of Nebraska City, somewhat north of St Joe – which is where I get off the expressway and hit US36 east across Missouri.

Take I-29 down to St Joe where I pick up US36 as an alternative to the slightly quicker route down to KC and I-70 to I-64.
It’s just past dawn; I’m driving into the sun. Pull the brim down on my hat and carry on.