Annie – Got to sleep in a bit this am.  Of course, I didn’t go to sleep until 3 am.   LOL  Still not sleeping well without my snoring partner.   

Greg is off in to New Mexico, Arizona and California today.   I bet he is seeing some gorgeous views.   I can’t wait to see them too! 

No plans on this end today.   

DG:  I am officially in the middle of nowhere.  I am at the Hi Sahara Oasis truck stop in Essex, CA. Google map this place. You won’t believe it. It’s the farthest I could get with time left. It’s just what you would imagine of a small truck stop/gas station/convenient store in the middle of the desert. Everything is expensive but what are you going to do. Just glad I am not fueling here. Diesel is $5.35 a gallon. Welcome to California.   

That’s a zoom picture taken from about a quarter mile. I was two miles away and it looked like it was about a block away. The desert does things to your perception.

There’s a big flatscreen TV in the “dining room” but it’s not on. Classic rock from the 70’s is playing over the speakers.  I am the only one in here at the moment besides the staff. Seriously I feel like I am to meet some desert shaman here to show me the secrets of the universe. Oh, and it’s 100 degrees outside. But it’s a dry heat. 

The sun is unforgiving here. It is relentless. If you challenge it you best be prepared. Glad I have a hat.  Doesn’t mean I am going to spend much time outside. Just that I am protected during the walk to and from the truck. 

One other thing, the Oasis is on old Route 66.  It just happened to be located on a section that got an exit when the interstate came through. So like the plants in the desert it survives. 

  
This was across the street from where I last filled up. I would get to know this place if we lived in Flagstaff. 

Annie – So glad I am missing the 100 degree weather but wish I was with you sweetie.  Don’t get out too much.  

Mom and I didn’t do much today.   Binge watching Chasing Life and found a really cute BBC comedy called Rosemary and Thyme.   It’s about two older women who are professional gardeners and amateur sleuths.   Also, as a guilty pleasure, we have been watching Transporter, the series not the movie.   Yummy visuals on that one.  

Greg will make it to his stop in the morning so hopefully will be back on his way east.  

I’m turning in.  Night y’all.