Wednesday, November 09, 2005
More About Tuesday's Trip
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We covered 720 miles in just about 10 hours plus a total of 3 hours worth of stops. Not bad. We took 85 south to 101 to 152 (Pacheco Pass) to 5 south to 210 through LA, then 59 briefly to 210 and then all the way in to Scottsdale. Encountered very little traffic.
Still, at 5:00 we were still 71 miles from Blythe--and wondering what "other desert cities" qualified as.
Traveling with 4 dogs, 2 of whom have no concept of how to walk nicely on a leash (not my fault--must be their genetics) was fine as long as we were all in the car; getting out to walk around and potty was challenging not only for the leashes going every which way but also I suspect that the dogs had figured out that, if they pottied, they'd have to go back into those borrrring crates. However, they were all very well behaved (i.e., sleeping) for such a long drive.
There were high winds on Interstate 5 in the hour or so before the Grapevine, but the "high wind" area along 10 packed with windmills was silent, and the windmills all were stilled.
We covered 720 miles in just about 10 hours plus a total of 3 hours worth of stops. Not bad. We took 85 south to 101 to 152 (Pacheco Pass) to 5 south to 210 through LA, then 59 briefly to 210 and then all the way in to Scottsdale. Encountered very little traffic.
Still, at 5:00 we were still 71 miles from Blythe--and wondering what "other desert cities" qualified as.
Traveling with 4 dogs, 2 of whom have no concept of how to walk nicely on a leash (not my fault--must be their genetics) was fine as long as we were all in the car; getting out to walk around and potty was challenging not only for the leashes going every which way but also I suspect that the dogs had figured out that, if they pottied, they'd have to go back into those borrrring crates. However, they were all very well behaved (i.e., sleeping) for such a long drive.
There were high winds on Interstate 5 in the hour or so before the Grapevine, but the "high wind" area along 10 packed with windmills was silent, and the windmills all were stilled.
