What else to do as I unwind from the final day of unwinding my trip south? Drink some beers, watch some hockey, get all home-computered again, and then sleep will come. And write stuff here, in case anyone's been looking in and has an interest in the state of my existence.

Day 1 left at 9:09 am PDT from Woodland Hills, CA . Started the day hot, with the sun burning my exposed arms through California, Nevada, Arizona, and southern Utah. Until Cedar City, UT , where a prior day's snowstorm (leaving road- and hill- and mountainside traces) and the elevation meant the top went up. And stayed up until Great Falls, MT the next day.

Day 2 left at 7:07 am MDT from just south of Ogden, UT . Arrived home at 10:16 pm HDT. Google says it should take 15:43, 1661 km (1032 mi). I did it, with stops for gas, bug removal, bathroom, duty-free in Sweetgrass, crossing, 1 wrong turn in Red Deer, AB after stop for food and gas, stop for beer: 15:09 hours. 90 mph (144.8 km) at least, when I could get away with it. 80(129)/75(121)/75 speed limits (Utah/Idaho/Montana). More like 80 in north of the border, where the speed limit is lower, though I pushed it later in that leg, as traffic thickened and I could go with the (high on the QE2) flow more. Who knows what photo-radar mail will show up in 2 weeks though...

Was worth devoting a whole day to today's leg and just getting it done. It's a pretty dull view out the window north of Great Falls. Mostly-featureless prairie that I've seen all my life. A bit side-windy mid-trip. Trucks in a few spots. Light construction in a few others. Missed the heat by a day except after Great Falls, MT , and until Red Deer where it was getting cool as it became evening and I got less interested in top-down into Edmonton. Nice and cozy as I zipped along, and CKUA sounded better without wind and vehicle noise.