Two hours of sleep, should be sober now...or that's the story you're going with. Just grab the bag you didn't unpack this time last week and let's see if you can make it to the Idaho border before Freebird plays twice. Nope. Let's call and wake people up. No answer. Let's see if slamming on the brakes makes the car slide. Yes. Phone is ringing! So what if it's early. No, of course I'm not tired. You know what! Ok, breakfast when I'm there, now get back to sleep.

I left so fast and so unprepared that I didn't even get a drink of water and this early only truck stops are open and I think, "ok, it'll be a few minutes"...and it is a few minutes and I buy two red bulls, diet pepsi, dark chocolate, and forget to buy water. I think my eyes just closed, let's have that pepsi. At least this state has those little bumps on the shoulder should I fall asleep. Let's drive on them a bit. Let's hang out the window and take a picture of myself through the windshield. Let's hang out the window, take a picture of the moon, close my eyes, drive on the bumps, and drink the pepsi. Now lets change songs on the ipod, hold the camera with my other hand, drink the Pepsi, yell at a fox, and take a picture of the sign that says "Extreme conditions, freezing fog". Ok, I'm awake. Oh snap, time change! Does this mean the sun is coming up sooner or later? I like how the miles count down to you. It's getting foggy. No joke, I'm tired.

Every mile is starting to look the same. Fog, Ice, Truck, Milepost, Fog, Fog, Ice, Milepost, Truck, Truck, Truck, Milepost, Fog, Ice, Milepost, Truck, OH SHIT, STATE TROOPER! He's probably too cold to come get me. Maybe it's the lack of sleep, maybe it's the red bull/pepsi/candy cocktail, or maybe I'm just excited to see you, but it seems like every idea I have is brilliant, and not just a little brilliant, but change the world never go back brilliant. Red Bull? Maybe. The "awake" pill I took? Probably. But the ideas keep coming and I keep driving and I keep smiling and I'm drumming on the dash and singing out loud and I remember the roads are icy and you'd be sad if I didn't make it to breakfast, so I put on some country and drive a bit slower and my eyes start to close and the windows come down and the music goes up, and only when it all goes a little faster and I'm drumming on the dash and singing out loud do I remember that the roads are a little bit icy...

Ok, so if the roads are getting snowy, but the snow is just starting to fall, then it only makes sense to drive faster and outrun the snow. Yes, another brilliant 6, oh wait...pacific time, 7am idea.

I have never ever seen the roads like this. The sky is clear, but it looks like snow is falling, and the road is black, but the ice is making everything, road included, glitter and sparkle. Oh cool, now my windshield is doing it too. Phone is ringing! You sound sleepy. So do you. Call me at the bottom of the mountain. Ok, sleep well. Ok, drive safe.

Blue mountain summit, sun is coming out. 6% grade. I think I got one of those is high school once. No, just kidding, way more than once. I liked it when we got stuck here for three hours. Did I ever tell you that? Probably a couple of times. Guess what, next time we're on the road here, I'll tell you again.

And it's dark again at the bottom of the mountain and I'm calling this time. Oh yeah, I'm wide awake. Totally, no ice anywhere. Ok, see you in a few hours, sleep well babe.

The lady at the truck-stop/casino/gas-station/knife-shop just chided me for not wearing a jacket and I'll finish typing this tomorrow.