Yesterday we went to San Diego to visit Lauren and Whit. It was really awesome! We walked around on the beach with Whit and then met up with Lauren for lunch at a burger place called Hodad's in Ocean Beach. It was yummy.
Today we woke up at about 5am. We finished packing up some of JonMarke's stuff and loading it into the car, and we also put a tarp over the seat on the roof to avoid some of the bugs. Luckily we didn't run into any summer thunderstorms on our route today, but JonMarke's mom had the brilliant idea of us getting a tarp and bungees BEFORE we got to Tulsa, rather than in Tulsa. It was nice to have the tarp to keep the bugs off, but it was freaky to hear the noise of the tarp flapping around and see the shadows every once in a while. We must have stopped about four different times to make sure the thing wasn't falling off!
We made excellent time today. We got in to the motel at 11pm, left at about 6:30am. So, with a one hour time change not in our favor, it was 16.5 hours on the road, but only probably about 13 of that driving. We stopped for a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as snacks and leg-stretching every once in a while.
It was ridiculously windy today! My van is already unhappy in the wind and definitely gets buffeted around, but there were high wind warnings etc. and it was a bit scary. Add in the tarp noise and it was a bit harrowing for a while there.
My car finally hit 90K miles just as we were passing the Grand Canyon! So exciting, it's all grown up!
Also, we were driving along when all of the sudden we saw signs for Winslow, AZ. Turns out we also wanted to stop then for a pit stop, so we got a picture of me "Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona"! It was awesome.
I have a bunch of pictures of cool landscapes and stuff (and me on a corner), but we're exhausted so I'll probably put them up tomorrow or Friday.
Off to bed!
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