Kilometers On The Odometer

These trucks we are taking from Caledonia, New York to Fargo, North Dakota came from Canada where they were worked at the diamond mines. Canada uses kilometers for distance instead of our miles.

The speedometer is for kilometers/hour speed and not what I am used to seeing. 60 miles/hour on our regular odometers is 100 kilometers/hour on these. There is some math involved in figuring for the difference. For instance, yesterday we traveled 742 kilometers for the day. To figure out how many miles we drove we had to multiply 742 (kilometers) by 3281 (this came from a conversion page at the back of my calender/planner) then divide by 5280 (feet in one mile). 742 x 3281 = 2,434,502 / 5280 = 461.079 (461 miles).

Leaving Austinburg, Ohio on I-90 yesterday morning we picked up the Ohio Turnpike (also I-90) outside of Cleveland taking it all the way across to Indiana. We made a stop in Perrysburg, Ohio for fuel at the Flying J before leaving Ohio.

We made really good time across the Ohio and Indiana Turnpikes then hit a major snag after the Indiana toll plaza. We normally take I-80/I-94 into Chicago but that road was closed because it was under water. I couldn't believe it. The last two hurricanes must have really wrecked havoc all the way up north with the rain.

I-90 and the Chicago Skyway was our only choice (unless we wanted to go about 150 miles out of route). I absolutely hate Chicago traffic and yesterday was a really bad day for it. Three and a half hours through Chicago. We are screwed - big time. Plans of delivering in Fargo on Friday afternoon have disappeared.

Our original plans of stopping for the night in Portage, Wisconsin with a nearly 600 mile day has ended in Beloit, Wisconsin at the EconoLodge and only 461 miles driven.

There is always tomorrow.

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