Well, I’ve arrived at Pocatello, Idaho. It was a long day, though. The weather was okay in New Mexico but as I progressed northward, I picked up more and more wind until it turned into actual dust storms in Utah. To make things even more exciting, for the short bit of the trip along I-70 and the first bit of US-6, the dust blowing around was so dense it might as well have been blowing snow or fog. It had the traffic on the highway slowed down markedly. To make things even more interesting, not long after passing Soldier Summit, I picked up snow which shortly turned into a full fledged snow storm which I had most of the way into Provo and then off and on again all the way to Pocatello where there is starting to be an accumulation.
I suppose the weather is no particular surprise given the time of year and the fact that this is high mountain terrain. It is an interesting transition, though, to go from 24C to -2C in the space of three hours.
At least I’ll be coming down out of the mountains tomorrow. I figure only about half of the day will be in mountain terrain so the weather should be okay. Of course, I’ll probably end up keeping all the wind since Montana and southern Alberta are both known for wind. I suppose time will tell.