Barstow
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Desert Meltdown
... were able to get water from two different guys who stopped, it was enough to get us through the last 6 miles into Barstow where we stormed a petrol station and downed the largest cold drinks money could buy. The thirstbusters were incredible – thank ...
Poolside Recovery
Despite being utterly physically exhausted, the extreme heat made it difficult to sleep and by 7am we couldn't take the heat of the tent anymore and had to get up. There was a slight breeze and after we rigged up the tarpaulin as extra shade, breakfast ...
Barstow
Weiter auf der Mutter aller Strassen.... Wir geniessen die Fahrt auf der bedeutungsvollen Route 66... um Euch auch daran teilhaben zu lassen, haben wir einige Videos und Bilder fuer Euch gemacht.... Viel Spass!!! CU Martin & ...
Detour: VEGAS BABY!!!!!
... we weren’t but fun times when the woman asked us to open the boot (trunk) and had a little inspection! Arrived in Barstow quite late so we decided to just grab some food from the Shell Garage but were completely unsuccessful so we had to submit to ...
Day 29 – Death Valley
Onni: Last morning in Vegas was wistful for all of us after getting addicted to the slot machines. Yes, the thought about waking up in the morning and rushing to the casino after breakfast isn't possible anymore. During Vegas days the gambling demon rose ...
Snow flurries and the Ghost of Walter Knott
... when I hit I-15 with clear roads and sunshine. Pulled into the sleepy (in the big sleep kinda way) little town of Calico, near Barstow, for the evening. This little shell of a town is all that remains of the silver mining boom of the late 1800's ...
36eme jour, la ROUTE 66
Voix extérieures, lampes de poches qui balayent, tocage à la vitre, tour de la tente... Il est minuit et demi et deux policiers viennent nous réveiller, interrogatoire, vérification des papiers de Sam, régis qui se lève en premier... Bref pas le ...
California
... Nevada mountain range and backed by the high mountain peaks of which Mount Whitney, standing at 14,496ft is the tallest peak in the main states of the USA. I have to say well done to Julie, who is scared of heights. I managed to get her to climb the ¼ ...
Sorry no Pictures, lousy Internet here
... up staying overnight in a CA rest area near Turlock, CA. Saturday, we started driving early for us and ended up in Barstow, CA at a Best Western. Sorry about no pictures, but the internet here is very slow and I can't get the pictures into ...
Get your Kicks
Three years ago we covered the epic Route 66 from LA to Chicago, the early parts of the route in California we found to be some of the best, so today we took the opportunity to revisit some of the sights on the Mother Road. I will leave the pictures ...
Hoover Dam
... Basin managing water supply and energy needs. Then it was yes, you guessed it another Casino Special Buffet meal at a Casino!! !Meal was fab. All you could eat and drink for £20. Ribs were excellent. Tonight in Barstow, tomorrow LA. The ...
Barstow Booze
After a wonderful, colorful and totally strange acid trip in Las Vegas on Valentine's Day, we left before sunrise and reached Barstow, California, where we slept off the acid in a dingy motel room... The next morning, after smoking a joint next to the ...
Soupe au canard
La vie offre souvent des surprises, et souvent aussi de violentes diarhées. diarrhés... diaré? Le H y sert à quoi maudit! Hier, j'étais dans un état d'affamaéité plutôt intense, et je me dirigeassame vers le marché du coin pour y acheter des ...
Stanley feels the heat
... the crack of dawn and a 6 o'clock start would have allowed us to escape the back end of the day as we arrived in Barstow at about 3pm.But thankfully the car stood up fine to the extreme of temperature and we were less harassed than on similar days in the ...
Goin to Denver
Well, left phoenix, az about 16 hours ago. Went to cabazon, ca to get a load headed to denver, cco. Right now I'm in Barstow, Ca gettin some ...
Barstow, Mojave Desert
We headed east again for Barstow and spent a few days in the Mojave Desert. Checked out Calico Ghost Town which was a bit too much like a theme park and not ghostly enough for us. A lovely day's drive around the Mojave National Preserve and a ...
It's Nice We're Having Weather
I haven't mentioned anything about the weather before now, mostly because there hasn't been a lot to write about. Basically it's been perfect for holiday making: warm and sunny, but not too hot. That all changed today. It was cold, wet and windy. ...
Deserto de Mojave
... uns óculos de sol......... Que maravilha...... Ao fim de umas horas de carro pelo deserto, pelo meio de pomares e flores (????) chegamos a Barstow, instalamo-nos e vamos a Calisto Ghost Town - um espectáculo e depois das 5 da tarde é à borla, com a ...
The Goldstone Apollo Tracking Station
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) — commonly called the Goldstone Observatory — is located in California's Mojave Desert (USA). Operated by ITT Corporation for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, its main purpose is to track ...
It's a Long Way Across the Desert
The drive was a long one from Albuquerque to Barstow, but we listened to a book on CD to help pass the time. It was 113 degrees at 8 p.m. on I-40 near Needles, California. ...
Barstow via the holiday traffic
... in Nevada before the California border, had dinner and waited a few hours for the chaos to die down. Eventually we ended up in Barstow, CA and found a motel room at midnight. So we have seen Las Vegas, arguably at its most ridiculous time of year. Both ...
Simply Incredible...
Forrest writes: So sorry that I've been so delinquent about blogging...Running on 4 to 5 hours of sleep since I left home on June 28, Not enough coffee and cigarettes in the world to keep my mind from simply shutting down at night...and of course, ...
The Empty Interstate
My drive today goes through a whole lot of nothing on the way from Barstow to St. George, UT. The most exciting part is getting through Las Vegas, a little more than halfway. They say the recession has hit Vegas pretty hard, but it doesn't ...
Heading to Mojave
We'll see how exciting the freeway is and how far I get. Not my favorite kind of road but I am kinda looking forward to reaching AZ sooner rather than later. Not a California person I guess. The freeway was the usual semis, motor homes and lots of gusty ...
Second to the last day of vacation
Day 29 April 30, 2010 Williams, AZ to Barstow, CA Greg's Version: Today is the second to the last day of our trip. I will drive from Williams, AZ to Barstow, CA on I-40. About the only reason to leave the interstate today is to buy gas and eat ...
The Best was the Worst
One of the WORST Motel expieriences I have had to deal with the entire trip was at "The BEST Motel" in Barstow California. So tired I wanted to nap against the wall while he struggled and could not get my credit card to run, I said can you take cash? ...
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