The Trip Home

When we got near San Antonio, we stopped taking pictures. We made it home safely on Saturday August 15. The only major problem we had was that we lost the exhaust brake (again!), but after most of the worst mountain passes. We got bad (watery) diesel a couple of times, but that was fixed with some diesel additive that dries it out. Other than that, the trip was relatively trouble free. We ran into a few RV parks where the electrical power was at low voltage because everyone was running air conditioners. I used my Autoformer, and all was well. The trailer had no problems at all. Total milage on the truck was just under 9,000 miles, and milage on the trailer was about 6,500 miles. I'll post a picture of the route we took.

West Texas is very beautiful when it has been raining.

Here is some of it.

West Texas was also very green. They had been having a lot of rain.

West texas showed some very colorful rock formations.

This area in New Mexico was called Texas Valley.

Nice rock formations in New Mexico.

We starterd to run into areas of Sequarro (sp?) cactus.

A turkey buzzard eating roadkill (a ground squirrel).

More wind farms in Arizona.

It was so dry, most rivers were dry, and most lakes were very low. This lake should have been right up to the road. It was down at least 100 feet.

Eventually, we started to head east, out of California.

We got off the Interstate and ate lunch in a smal town called Desert Center. They weren't kidding!

We started to run into large groups of wind generators.

As we neared Los Angeles, the smog became intensely apparant.

We left there and drove south.

They had Hummingbirds too.

They had a cat. This is a picture in their back yard.

We stopped in Sunnyvale, California (neart San Francisco) to visit with Sandy's sister-in-law. The weather there was in the low 60's at night and in the 70's during the day. It was perfect for growing tomatoes. I love vine ripened tomatoes, and was able to eat my fill while there. Thanks, Joan.