Starting off in Albuquerque, loaded up with office supplies. First 2 loads of paper, and now binders, staples and toner? Beginning to see a pattern here.
Today's ride is a VNL 740, white.
Over we go. Can I get a view from this impressive, strangely pastel-coloured structure without crashing?
Managed it.
Out of town and heading north. My first attempt to get up to Colorado and see a bit more of it ended in abject failure.
Hard to imagine how, but I made the mistake of not getting up early for the trip, but instead starting at 1:30 pm after completing the previous haul and grabbing a burger.
Everything was fine, it was nice and sunny.
The scenery was spectacular.
However, IRL it was getting late, so I went to bed about here.
The next day I came back to it, started the game and had my truck sitting on the asphalt ready to go. But then I got called away to do something else for a while, and didn't bother pausing the game. I noticed it was a bit darker when I came back and got to work on finishing the trip. It was kind of cloudy though, so didn't think anything of it.
Using the GPS in the truck, so didn't see what time it was. Long shadows visible here, but I somehow didn't notice.
Stopped for gas and to snap a few shots of the truck, and the sky cleared. Nice and blue and quite bright.
Then we got to this place - Bloomfield, I guess, near Farmington, and I suddenly realised it was getting dark, and fast.
I guess I must have lost several hours with the truck just sitting on the road doing nothing and me in another room. Approaching the state line, the sun was already gone. Rather annoyed... tried loading my earlier save but found that I had cleverly saved the game in the same spot right after returning from discussing stuff with my wife. Why did I do that? What was the point? Idiot. The only alternative was to go back to Albuquerque and start again, and I just didn't feel like it. So, decided to own my mistake and make another trip north another day.
So, yeah, welcome to Colorful Colorado.
It got dark so ridiculously fast I thought the game must be trolling me. The clock was racing forwards faster than I ever remember it. Bizarre. By the time we reached Durango just over the state line, it was more-or-less completely dark. Durango is one of those one-road towns with about a zillion traffic lights on it to make it feel more town-y, so it was pitch black by the time I got out of there.
The code given to me by Imgur for this image contains the word Yee, so I guess it's official, I am being trolled.
The journey north from Durango to Montrose was very long and quite eerie, a serpentine route through the mountain forests of SW Colorado.
Creepy and atmospheric, but not much to look at.
Towards the end we passed through some tunnels...
...and then found ourselves back in civilisation.
A nice-looking little town, even by night. Didn't catch the name.
Then there was a short trip along winding roads where I couldn't see anything at all, and finally we arrived in Montrose, welcomed by a Dunkin Donuts sign.
Next time - a trip to Colorado by daylight.
Krigl
