Much of the nervous energy that plagued us yesterday was blown away at 80mph on Interstate 8. That and the 10 oz.s of chilled Starbucks coffee drink. Purposely avoiding coffee pays off big for me on the days when I do indulge. Go caffeine!
We left Ocotillo 8:30am. It was already blazing and without air conditioning in the car, it was definitely a HOT ride to Tucson. We kept the windows rolled down (obviously) and Enid's clothes wet and all in all it wasn't that bad.
One thing I didn't know about the southern deserts of Arizona, is that there are quite a few very large cattle ranches. It's really kind of gross. Thousands of cattle jammed together in the middle of the blazing desert. No grazing, just desert and covered cattle stalls.
A significant event of this leg of our journey is that the odometer on my car turned 120,000. Hooray for the 1995 Honda Civic. Even fully loaded and going 80 mph, we still got 33 mpg.
Another significant event is that we got our Mexican Auto Insurance Policy. AAA seemed to have a good policy for a reasonable price. It includes all the usual stuff that the US policy includes plus roadside assistance in Mexico and legal assistance in Mexico, should an accident with damage occur. For whatever reason, I could only get AAA in AZ to sell it to me.
So here we are in Tucson where $79 buys you a very nice room, full breakfast, pool, fitness room, 2 complementary drinks and in room wireless internet.
Tomorrow - El Paso, TX (probably). For photos of today, see below:
On our way, not too far from El Centro, CA. See my shoulder in the side mirror?
At a rest stop maybe 30 miles past Yuma, AZ
The odometer - 120,004
Enjoying our bed at the Best Western Inn (figured out how to use the timer on my camera)
Gampy, Enid and Marc waiting for dinner to arrive.
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