We did
finally manage to get on the road. When we got up and were listening to the
weather report there was a flash flood warning in effect for the 95 – the road
we take south until after
10:30 a.m. So Bill went back to bed and I read. Eventually we got everything
loaded and left.
We got quite
a bit of rain overnight too.
Of course,
we stopped for breakfast before really getting on the road.
Taking the
new bypass that goes around Boulder City. The GPS was a little excited about us
off roading. Good thing I have it on mute.
Once on the
95 we passed a couple of big solar farms. Sure are ugly.
And then
miles of these cones, not a worker or bit of construction in sight. Maybe the
cones are migrating south.
Some real
pretty blue sky with building white clouds over the mountains west of us in
California.
The last
cone at the Nevada/California state line. Highway goes from divided four lane
to two lane once in California.
And lots of roller
coaster dips.
Remember the
weather forecast for flash floods! Over one dip into the next and it had over a
foot of rushing brown water in it. Not enough time to get slowed down a lot.
What a mess it made on the RV and poor Jeep.
Just some of it on the rear bumper of the RV.
And on the
sides.
Bill had spent half of yesterday cleaning and waxing both vehicles. Then this morning had to wipe them down again because of overnight rain sometimes you just can't win.
More pretty
scenery – much greener than usual this time of year.
This guy
passed ups An Attitude trailer. Like the saying on the bottom of it.
Into
Arizona.
Always liked
this part of the Colorado River.
Stopped at a
Pilot Truck stop, unleaded for $2.83 and we really needed it. Our 50 gallon
tank took 48+ gallons. Cutting it too close. We only got 248 miles at 5.0 mpg
on that tank. Either a lot of fuel evaporated during the summer or someone
helped themselves to our gas. Bill is going to get a locking cap now.
We are in
Quartzsite, AZ at the Shady Lane RV park. For some reason my laptop will not
connect to their WiFi – glad we have our Verizon Jetpack to go on line with.
Both Bill’s laptop and our Verizon phone can connect to their wife. And more problems with Dish TV. We got parked
and turned it on, after a couple of minutes it came on fine. Watched a game and
then turned TV off. Have not been able to pick up a signal since then. It is
pretty overcast out – but…We’ll see what tomorrow brings. Going to stay here
for at least another day.
We are watching the weather and news closely. Between Willa the hurricane heading right towards Mazatlan and the flood of migrants. A few of our plans might change.
5 comments:
Looking very much forward to keeping up with your travels in your blog. Really enjoy as I'm certain many many others do as well. Fingers crossed that the damage is minimal in Mexico due too Willa. Safe travels my friends. See you soon, but not soon enough.
Drive slowly so you miss the hurricane and other tropical storms!
seems like the worst of it missed Maz. We have friends there now so will hopefully find out more ater.
we are spending at least another week in the states.
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