Vertigo: Managed

I made it!

This morning before I left  I did a little research and found vertigo is caused, perhaps, by the balance organ in the ear taking a holiday for whatever reason. The brain then tries to determine balance from the sensation of gravity (the seat of you pants, quite literally) and the visual sense - things looking near, far, approaching, etc.  It does a fair job but in case of sudden input, e.g. shifting one's focus, or the sensation of rising or falling (e.g. dip in road or curve), then it takes a lot longer to determine which way is up, quite literally.

So, instead of basically instantaneous correction, there's about a half second time lag, at least in my case. That's pretty scary when driving at freeway speeds.

Solution: move smart.

1. Drive the speed limit.  For me that provides the extra reaction time now required.
2. Manage the field of view.  Don't let it shift too rapidly, causing disorientation.  So I didn't get to look at the pretty scenery all day, just focussed on the road.
3. Note impending bumps and mitigate for expected disorientation.  Usually meant slowing down further, refocusing on the road.
4. Keep consuming Vertigoheel, which mitigates the effects somehow.
5. Rest and eat.  This much concentration is exhausting, so I stopped often at rest stops to replenish.  (Normally I just drive 6 hours straight and it's fine.)
6. My route planning paid off.  Turns out Interstate 70 was the nastiest bit or road, with high speed swoops and turns.  Once I got to Colorado State Route 9, it was like any country road.  Reminded me of Alhambra Valley Road in Martinez.  And US 40 was just the same.

Kowledge is power.

Thus it is that I am arrived in Granby, Colorado, safe and sound, and rather a bit tired.  Of course it was 7.5 hours of driving, including some flagman action - one lane closed - which delayed the escape from Moab, UT, but safe, tired and late is way better than the alternative.