Well we took off from Wichita on Thursday evening about 1830 hours. We headed west on US 54 to catch I-40 at Tucumcari, NM. We had supper in Liberal at about 2200 and the place closed at 2230. It was cold! The temp was at 32 and the OK and TX Panhandles were about the same. We did a short nap at the Sky City Casino Rest Area. And breakfast was at Earl's in Gallup. It is the only place in Gallup to have breakfast, period. The BNSF Maintenance of Way guys can fill the place up. If it is good enough for them, it is good enough for me. We did hit some of the tourist shops along the way to get things for granddaughters. We managed to get to Kingman, Arizona by mid afternoon on Friday. Then it was time to call it a day! We did the almost 1100 miles to there and we were bushed. We got a room, some ice beers and Mike's Hard Berrys and both of us were asleep by 1700 hours and didn't wake up until about 0530-0600 on Saturday. The trip from there to Oceanside was a snap. It was a beautiful, cloudless day in the Mojave and the entire LA Basin to San Diego County along I-15.
We had dinner at Claim Jumpers as it was my sister-in-law's birthday. She finally hit the big Five Zero. I had a oiece of salmon that was simply awesome! And two schooners of Sam Adams!
Today is chill out and relax, maybe hit the pool. It is forecast to be in the upper seventies today.I It will be great to take a dip on November 1. And the incisions haven't yet been submerged. And Hector also has a spa/hot-tub. In that, above the world in the Oceanside hills, the possibility of an outstanding day is there, dear readers.
To Jeff, I didn't get a chance to get pics on the way. Sorry. Maybe I will get a few by the pool! And it is a stunning day here in Oceanside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow we head for California City to do the house search and such.
Did you stop in Grand Junction? Doesn't sound like it, judging from the start to finish times?
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a good and uneventful trip, Glenn. Finest kind!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinkin' California City may have changed just a wee bit since I was stationed at Boron AFS back in 1970. Ya think? :p
kc, nope. The majority of the trip was on I-40.
ReplyDeleteAnd there ain't no Boron AFS anymore, Buck. But the big show at Edwards is impressive. We sign the lease tomorrow and get the keys to a rather nice house.
And there ain't no Boron AFS anymore, Buck.
ReplyDeleteYeah... I keep tabs on that sorta stuff; professional interest, yanno? There were over 200 USAF radar sites in the CONUS when I went in back in '63 and now we're down to five... I think, maybe four. Time marches on...
And one of those was north of the hometown of Havre, Montana. During the winter sometimes the State Secondary Highway 244 was snowed in.
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