As things go, a bit of a vanilla day. The trip itself was mostly a wandering
around the Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah bits, and a teeny touch
into Nevada. The problem with departing from Wicktonville, though, is
it takes a bit of work to get to the starting point.
The car finally made it to the interstate; my travel companion,
Peep, needed Starbucks, it seems...
9:37am
We bounced by one of the fine California roadside rest stops. Stoopid
Starbucks...
11:40am
Bakersfield, ho! After grabbing some lunch fixin's, I headed over
to a local park.
12:16pm
The travel party relied on -- and blamed -- me for the selection
of a park for lunch. Certainly, we found shade away from the 101°F
heat, but Saunders
Park seemed unpleasant to my discriminating guests.
12:19pm
Park selection aside, Peep and I broke
bread all the same.
12:41pm
Clearing out of the park (after properly disposing of our rubbish),
we ducked into Wendy's for a Frosty. Did I mention it was 101°F
out there?
12:50pm
Back on Highway 58 and headin' toward the California state line.
1:51pm
Given my penchant for Diet Pepsi and that I travel in a Ford, it
was time for fuel in Mojave.
3:06pm
Another visit to a roadside rest stop... this time, the blame goes
to the liter of Diet Pepsi.
3:50pm
Yup, another roadside rest stop.
5:45pm
After hitting the fine Motel 6 and being assigned to room 129, I
hopped back into the car to check out beautiful Needles,
California. Beautiful being relative, of course...
6:57pm
Okay, so the recent rain storm that brought the town from 113°F
down to a mere 98°F wasn't very impressive to me... the weather
was still hot and muggy. So I hit in the Denny's and had a marginal
dinner served by an equally marginal server, Danny.
10:41pm
It was lights out for me after sitting through a movie on DVD I
brought with... to
spoil, of course.
