Tuesday, February 26, 2013

San Diego to Bakersfield all up hill it seemed 2013

 

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You are well advise to watch your step while visiting the desert out here.  There are sakes, scorpions and manmade dangers left behind by our Father’s generation.

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Look what I found on my hard drive, a lone photo of a fireworks burst at Lake Havasu.  As you can see they start them before complete darkness and they go on past 9:00pm.

IMG_1968Like oranges?  These were 5/lb. for a dollar.

 

 

 

IMG_1969Here, we are EAST of Los Angeles at a fuel stop.  It is 70 degrees out, I’m in a T-shirt.  Note the snow in the mountains.

Below, I am driving 35mph in the right lane, downhill at 7% grade for about 10 miles.  Speed limit of 35mph is strictly enforced, all heavy vehicles stay in the right lane.  Thanks to the ‘Jake Brake’ on our truck, I never had to use the service brakes and all went very well.

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We just heard from a couple that continued south after our trip with The Mexican Connection.  They had catastrophic type failure on the Allison Transmission in their GMC truck.  $880 tow bill for about 80 miles.  Part, air freight and labor was about $400 and they are continuing to Cobo San Lucas.  They gave no indication of the bar bill!

IMG_1977We’ve ended up at the Fair Ground in Bakersfield.  We are virtually alone with only the ground crew and 2 other campers, tonight I’ve been given the night off so I can visit the local Masonic Lodge.

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