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    Prologue - Day four

    September 4, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Prologue - Day Two
    September 2, 2024
    Gallups, NM to San Diego

    Another morning awakened by the sounds of trucks and traffic from I-40. We both slept ok, but woke much earlier than necessary. We rolled out of bed and headed to use the restrooms at Walmart before brewing coffee and getting ready to head out.

    We headed west through Navajo country before we started our southward trek towards Phoenix. We passed through some rugged but beautiful countryside. This is the pure desert and other than a random animal, it was bare and desolate. We passed through Phoenix and headed west towards San Diego. Almost immediately we saw a road runner cross the road in front of us. It seems like there should be a cartoon dad joke there somewhere, but maybe next time. By now we were past noon and the temps were climbing rapidly. We woke this morning to crisp 49 degrees and by mid afternoon the thermometer topped out at a cool 116 degrees. To say the least, it was hot. We stopped for gas and snagged a few ice cream cones as well. We arrived in San Diego around 4;30 and wove our way through heavy traffic to the address we had plugged into the gps. However, when we arrived, it was a business building in the downtown and obviously not where we would lay our weary heads. We consulted google maps and sure enough we were not at our hotel. A new address was entered and seven miles later we found our hotel. I checked in, backed the trailer into a parking space, unhooked, and parked the truck. It didn’t take us long to find the shower and we washed off several days of grim and remnants of our travels.

    Food was the next item on our to-do list. We found a brewery with a roof top seating overlooking the ocean. We ate our burger and fish and chips, and devoured several drinks as we watched the sunset over the great pacific.

    It was time to get our weary selves back to the hotel and look forward to a good nights rest.

    The heat is causing me some pause and wondering what the relentless temps mean for my trip. Time to sleep over it.

    Until tomorrow.    Read more