We got an early start today – 5 a.m.! Temperature then was 74 degrees and just
great! Grabbed some coffee/tea and
pastries across the street from our motel at Donuts Plus (Brawley, open 24 hours). Sunrise at 6:30 a.m. Starting to get warm by 8 a.m. I’m wishing we started at 2 a.m. as we didn’t
finish up today until 3:50 p.m. Finish
up meaning settled in for the night (motel) and having a beer.
Total miles for the day:
89.2
Time: 7:05
Avg: 12.68 mph
So….the “rollers” on highway 78. They are nasty for sure. We hit them about 9:15 a.m. after a long,
slow 35 mile climb out of Brawley. Up until then there was hardly any traffic
passing us. But as soon as we got into
this section I think the truckers put out a call and they all headed our
way. Lots of hay trucks, going both
ways. They were all pretty good to us,
though, and we had no close calls. But
as usual, since Rick is born under “the sign of the turd”, we had numerous “squeeze
plays” (traffic passing us in both directions at the same time). But everyone handled it pretty well.
For those following us in a day or so: the store at Glamis (Sand Dunes) is open and
has water for $4.25 a gallon (!!, but worth it). About 14 miles east of Palo Verde, at
Milpitas Wash Road, there is an unopened gallon of water under a palo verde
tree on the south side of the road. The
Palo Verde Inn has COLD beer and great French fries and is open at 11 a.m. There are two small markets in Ridley (at
least 5 miles before you get to the I-10 intersection) that are open.
Enough for today.
Tomorrow we just have to limp into Quartzsite (actually Brenda, AZ about
20 miles east), with only about 1800’ of climbing.
Good night!!!
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