Windmills and bad drivers

Woke up in a cool Lincoln and reloaded my gear in the truck. I hit the road around 8AM and headed west. Off in the distance while I was on I-80 I saw the University of Nebraska campus. Looks rather large. Made it all the way to Kearny before I had to make a stop. I-80 is full of bad drivers and trucks that must only be able to go 65mph while the speed limit was 75mph. That caused a lot of issues. I usually did five or six over and was very wary of other drivers. One almost got me. I had to jam on the breaks since they did not see me, plus they did not even use their turn signal for warning. Didn't hit the horn until I got the truck back in shape on the road. See the near miss below at 80mph.

Yes I am almost into the grass (thankfully I didn't hit the grass - might have been a different outcome). The guy covered his face as I passed and didn't even want to acknowledge he messed up. About an hour later I almost have the same thing happen to me with a truck pulling a camper. She at least apologized.

If you have gathered I am taking a picture every five seconds with a Sony cam that is like the GoPro. I will make it into a fast motion video later on. I am also taking video of my climbs.

About thirty minutes after Kearny I start to see tons of windmills to the south. These probably extended continuously to where I am at tonight in Rawlins, Wyoming. There were some breaks here and there but there were thousands of them.

I made it to exit 8 in Nebraska to head to the Nebraska high point Panorama Point - 5426ft. The plains climbed as I kept on I-80 and the I-76 split went to Denver. It was all uphill. No wonder the high point is near the Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska border. I was hoping to see buffalo, but they were not around. My truck was a mess seeing the high point and the tri-state point as well. Lots of mud on the truck.

I got a car wash in Laramie, WY and then had dinner. Tons of restaurants were not open on Sunday. Wow!

Below are some pictures of the Nebraska high point and the tri-state marker.

These were the windmills that went for hundreds of miles east to west. They were all rotating as well.

Tomorrow brings the trail head to Borah Peak. I will spend two nights there and hope to summit on Tuesday. The radar showed it was snowing in the upper elevations. Fun. Might be a day or two before I can post due to connectivity.