The Sun Always Sets In The West....

Parrot Buddy representing

We all know that old wive's tale, right?  Turns out when you point your vehicle due westbound for 30+ hours you're eventually going to find yourself staring straight into 385 billion billion jiggaWatts of setting sun.  And on the plains of Illinois there are no features to shade you from it's power.  And apparently when Ford made their F-250 in 2002 they decided to forgo decent visors for raw loud power and towing capacity. Next time I'm driving the sunset shift I'm bringing welding goggles.
I wrote a Haiku about it:

Brilliant orb in sky
blinding, retinas burning
visor doesn't help

14 hours into the drive and we're nearing St. Louis.  All is well.
Toodles.