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Yee haa!! lets go to the wild west like it used to be. It was a relatively short drive from Vegas to just outside Barstow especially since it was all on the Interstate. They are definitely quicker than the state roads but you certainly don't see as much as we did on the small roads.<br><br>We had plenty of time to see Calico ghost town and were ...

We headed out about 630 in the morning. Jono, Michael, Steve and I met a the Chevron down the street from my house. We decided to go north through Pearblossom and the Mohave Deseret. <br><br>Headed north on the 15 toward Las Vegas and stopped here in Barstow for breakfest.<br>

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.<br>The freeway was the usual semis, motor homes and lots of gusty wind. Rte 99 is not a well-groomed highway but gutted it thru until Bakersfield to stop for rest and gas. Then it was out into the Mojave, love those joshua trees. A little further out into the desert ...

... shade. Yikes! I think it may have been 114 deg F in the sun. How anyone could have lived in that kind of climate in the 1800s is beyond me. Actually, how anyone can live there now is beyond me.<br><br>The best part for me was taking pictures, and despite the staggering heat I'm glad we went. It would have been more fun at a cooler time of year though. My son seemed to enjoy it thoroughly; he loves ...

Drove from Vegas (late as usual) to the Hoover Dam about 26 miles away. We drove across the Dam after going through security as its the 6th biggest terrorist target in the US. After parking up in the RV car park we walked to the Tours office in 126f heat !!!!! It was windy and felt like a hairdryer !!!! Tour was great and explained what happened and ...

... was bad enough that we lost a hubcap on the way (we were able to retrieve it the next morning). It was a pretty creepy looking Ranch, so much so Brook had to film it on his camera because it resembled the Texas Chain Saw Massacres property.  Arriving at the gate we meet the caretaker who fit in pretty well to his surroundings. He noted, "You guys are really loud" and we had just woke him up... it was 4 in the afternoon. He turned out to ...

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... games after. We spent one more day with the kids, hiking the surrounding mountains. John took us to a plane crash that happened in 1964. There were many, many pieces, small, on the surrounding hillsides. The pilot was not hurt. John is searching for switches! Our dogs enjoyed a good romp, sniffing and digging. We hitched up and left Ft. Irwin on Saturday morning - early, headed for Yuma. First stop, Flying J.

... valley, the views are just spectacular. After staying over night at Porterville we enjoyed a pleasant drive through the southern part of the Sequoia Park. Again it was pretty tough driving on the sharp bending roads, but it was great just coasting the back roads, we hardly saw another vehicle for hours. We did however see lots of wild life including Mule Deer, Rabbits, Eagles, Red Crested Wood Peckers and tiny crested Quails. Red Rock Canyon On our way down south to the ...

... back to the town to cash in our receipts for a free teddy bear. (I collect stuffed animals. I'm a little kid. I know.) We also picked up some authentic sarsaparilla root beer-yummy! That topped off our day in town and we headed back to civilization. Good bye ghost town (oh, did I mention we received a free pass from the woman in a woodworks shop? That was pretty nifty too! One of her signs said: "If you see the dust ball move it's probably the cat" How fitting for ...