We beat the wind to Ash Springs.

Thursday Nov. 8, 2012

We were up early and on the road just after 6:30am this morning hoping to beat the wind that was for casted by the National Weather advisory….30mph hour on the nose with gusts to 50mph.  Well….we didn’t get as much wind as we usually do when there isn’t a weather advisory so what’s up with that?  

We arrived in Ash Springs around 1pm and took a spot for the night.  $18 for a pull through with power and water so not too bad.  It’s pretty noisy here with all the trucks stopping for fuel, working on their rigs and getting food but no complaints.  It is early to stop but after six hours on the road and another 4 hours to Laughlin it didn’t seem like a good idea to carry on.  We usually lay over here and there for a rest but we have been moving since Monday so Eric is tired.   Tomorrow is another day and although there might be a little rain it doesn’t look like the for casted cold and possible snow showers over night here are going to happen.   The wind did pick up behind us but seems to have died down a bit now and it is quite warm. 

There is no TV or internet so we amused ourselves by watching the local Mexican kids herding their goats around behind our rig for their evening meal.  About 15 of them (mostly Boer meat goats) including an enormous Buck so I guess there will be a few carnitas for dinner soon.  I raised goats for milk for about 30 years so I have a special place in my heart for them.  I did not eat them….but that’s just personal preference.  Highly intelligent animals who are smarter than most people!   Funny to watch because the kids were more interested in playing ball than watching the goats and the goats weren’t paying any attention to them anyways.  The big deal is to keep them off the highway as the big trucks are going by at 65 miles an hour and that would be a mess if a goat got on the highway.  

A few beers, a nice dinner and bed.