Dateline: El Centro, CA 1/9/2007 8:40 AM
Finally! Almost out of California. We picked up our 1st load in Guadalupe, CA last night and my midnight EST we were ready to roll. I went south on 101 through Santa Barbara and right into the jaws of the beast. Luckily, by the time I got there the beast, L.A., was sleeping like a hung over wino, and I cruised right through. Talk about luck! Normally, you can’t even mention L.A. traffic without wincing and having those cords tighten in the back of your neck.
We were light. There was less than half a trailer load back there so the hills out of the city were no problem. That 55mph thing was starting to get to me by then. I didn’t really notice until after I was in the desert. I got through 29 Palms and Indio, then jumped on CA 86 South and headed to El Centro. It took me 8 hours to drive 408 miles. By our standards, that’s just sad. Anyway, since Beth and I watched a movie while we were waiting to get loaded, we forgot about my needing sustenance. I got on I-8 East and hit the first ramp I got to outside the city limits of El Centro. I was starving! As I was pulling to a stop, Beth peeked out and said she’d take over so I could eat. How sweet!
I ate and then got online to look up some stuff before I collapsed from exhaustion. You’d be surprised how tiring it is creeping across the desert at 55mph after 4 hours bobbing and weaving through L.A. Sorry, got no pithy quote to leave you with but I’ll be back to my clever self after a long nap.
Ya’ll come back now, ya hear!
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