The odometer has rolled up over 2,200 miles since we left Georgia two weeks ago. We have visited friends in Texas, New Mexico, and Tucson, but for the most part we've ridden this big ole horse west on the Interstates. We've decided that since Georgia has its Antebellum Trail, and Alabama has its Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, we should dub our route of the last few days "The DnG Iron Butt Trail!"
Our last stop in Tucson gave us a day to stock up on groceries, then it was onward to Quartzsite, AZ.
Interstate 8 took us around the Phoenix Metro and out to Gila Bend where we cut north to I10. Pretty desolate country out here! But we're getting used to that!
Nessie2 found herself in the Park Place RV Park off of Riggles Road in Quartzsite on Thursday night, in an otherwise deserted rv park. It seems that the Arizona desert is not a destination this time of year! We scored another half-price night, though, so the site was great, with full hookups and great cell reception, for $14 a night! That's just about a dollar an hour for the time we're spending here.
The next part of our journey takes us into Southern California. Having been born and raised there, we're somewhat familiar with the stereotypical traffic complaints, and decided to break our trip into two sections, hence the stop in Banning.
We left Arizona at the Colorado River and entered into California. Back again after all this time. Our first take-away? Instantly the freeway became clogged, and the price of fuel jumped by almost a $1 a gallon! Welcome to the Golden State! For whom, I'm not precisely sure.....
The Morongo Casino is a huge facility, with spas, outlet shopping, water parks, and, of course all kinds and manner of wagering. Fortunately, they also have set aside a large parking lot for visiting rv's. The entrance into the o'nite area for us was a bit confusing, what with a narrow traffic circle that needed to be negotiated and poor signage, but thanks to a casino employee who was on his lunch break and volunteered to lead us to the proper location, we made it!
The lot is listed as a campground, but..... What we found was a parking lot that slopes a good bit to the southwest, and a couple of painted lines defining a parking spot. Nonetheless, the price is right, and the view of the storms in the San Gorgonio mountain range is great! We'll take it!
Today was a short day, as tomorrow will be also, in terms of mileage, but not in terms of stress. We have an option of bypassing most of the eastern cities of the LA Basin, and the more I think about it, the more I believe that we'll take "the long way home".
After a few days visiting family in SoCal, we're heading north toward home about 550 miles to go. We're ready for a rest!
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