I had some mechanical problems with my truck yesterday that cost me a few hours down time repairing it. I then ran into some snow across MT. One snowstorm was quite intense. It created white-out conditions which slowed traffic to a crawl. Funny thing though, it was only about 3 miles wide.
By the time I had reached the Western end of MT there was a lot of snow falling between there and Spokane. They had closed the interstate to trucks due to some nasty accidents. I had to spend the night there and wait out the storm. That happens this time of year in this part of the country.
As I came through the mountain passes the roads were reasonably clear. In some spots only one lane was cleared, but it was drivable. Beautiful country, but dangerous and temperamental weather this time of year.
I'm glad that I had allowed some extra time for this trip just for such situations. I've finally made it to Ellensburg, WA which is still about 2 hours out from Seattle. As I heard that the North Bend truckstop was already filled up I'll just stay here tonight and head into Seattle in the morning, taking advantage of the time difference.
Right now I am trying to figure out what is wrong with my generator. It will run for a little while and then shut down. That's a bit of a problem as it's my heat source when parked. This behavior usually indicates that it's either low on coolant or low on oil. I've checked both and they are fine. I have no idea what's wrong with it. If I can't get it running properly before bed time I'll have to idle the truck all night, which I hate to do. But it would be preferable to freezing to death.
It had shut down on me early this morning. I would feel cold, wake up, restart it, and then go back to sleep only to wake up cold again. I guess I'll have to get it into the shop to find out what's wrong with it. I'm hoping it's just a vapor lock in the fuel line and the restarts will eventually clear it.
It's always something.