Off We Go!

So day 1 of our journey is now history. Man, did this trip just reinforce for me how much I hate the desert. After having grown up in the high desert of California, I think I can say unequivocally, “I HATE THE DESERT!” The landscape is boring and if I see one more Joshua tree, YIKES!"

So we started out from San Diego today and headed out east.

Most of the ride to Barstow is old hand for us since it is the same route we take to Palmdale and the Antelope Valley. Hey, didn’t I just make this drive less than a week ago? Anyway, next stop the booming town of Barstow.


Mark decided he had enough of driving so I took over from there to St. George, Utah. Thank goodness for billboards. Love the lawyers in Las Vegas. They must pay a fortune to the phone company for numbers like 444-4444 or 200-0000. Just thought that was amusing.

Off to bed in Beaver, Utah.

Stop laughing . . . more tomorrow