Comfort Inn Barstow

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.

Headed north on the 15 toward Las Vegas and stopped here in Barstow for breakfest.

... decided to sip on the camelbak water (desert makes you feel thirsty just looking at it). Hmm, nada. So I stubbornly decided to just go on, there aren't great shoulders here (try none) and I was comfy enough. At the motel, I discovered that the tube got twisted; there is a first time for everything. Just one more thing to file away, esp. when I am nearer to Phoenix and points south where you can count on needing the vest and the water to keep sane.

... and rarely is bothered by the heat. My husband thought it was a waste of time. My daughter and Pasha quickly wilted from the heat.

Interestingly, we were far outnumbered by foreigners. It appears that Americans no longer care about the Old West, but it still fascinates Europeans and Asians who seemed to be visiting as part of their American tour. I would love to know what THEY think Calico.

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 ...

Leaving Hollywood Christina, Brook and I hit the famous highway 15 en route to Las Vegas, a trip millions of a LA and Las Vegas residents do regularly. It seems to be a break from each other's cities madness and the norm.

Brook entertained us with his random lyrical outbreaks and the sound of nails bashing into a water bucket. Brook was working on his Art project for the week, which was designing a pendulum lamp; it turned out ...

... miles from anywhere - there were a 100m between petrol stations and then they were glorified petrol stations with rail tracks near by. The trains ( union pacific, amtrak etc) were nearly a mile long and harry counted over 80 trucks on one. We also passed Edards air force base and saw lots of military adn civilian planes. We arrived hot and tired to our campground near Calico and Yermo right ...

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Day 183 Las Vegas - Arizona - Barstow - California. Before we left the City of Sin we chose to have an oil change and service done on the Castle, (How quick do the miles add up between services?) The nearest Wal Mart advertised the service for RV's so this gave us some time to wander around while this was being done. A bit of grocery shopping and then ...

... out yet again with a tickle on the neck was we looked at a lovely specimen...a female tarantula. Very nice stuff.....so down my alley, had a great time! Next to the Route 66 and Railroad museums, so much to take in, including a few souvenirs as momentos! Next to the local park, for the Chamber of Commerce Chili Cook off. Manny, a local Rotarian, shared some of the "best" chilli with us, then we sat in the park drinking (more) Bud Light!! Yummo - the chilli was like a mince ...

... jamming to some tunes and chatting about, what else, boys, I suddenly had a craving for Swedish Crepe Style Pancakes from IHOP (the ones with lingonberry jelly-yum!) As we passed fascinating strip mall after fascinating strip mall, and saw a literal flurry of chain restaurants to choose from, I became more insistent on finding an IHOP. Yes, fattening and kind of gross in retrospect, but you can't help what you crave, and for Banana, it was Pancakes! While ...