We got on the road at 8am, with the temperature being a relatively balmy 45 degrees. I wore the entire ensemble, including electric vest, but didn't need to resort to turning it on. Kari enjoyed the electric seat and vest for much of the morning, though. When we stopped, it turned out to be quite windy, but it must have been a tailwind, since I didn't really notice it too much.
We made Barstow by about noon, and had sandwiches in the shade of Chevron, after doing our mid day fill up. (you gotta love a large fuel tank, which can go 350+ mile on a fill. [Editor: Okay, someone called me on this, and what was *meant* was 250+ miles on a tank full. I think theoretically, I could almost get 300 miles on a tank, if I wanted to press my luck]. I took off much of the insulation at this point, which was good, since the temperature continued to climb to about 90 degrees by the time we made it to Needles.
We arrived at the hotel at about 4pm, and had dinner at Cha-Bones (SP?) just down the street from the Hampton Inn. Afterward dinner, we walked the extra 10 minutes it took to walk over to the London Bridge. Somehow we missed it the first time we came through.
We'll try to get an early start tomorrow, to beat the heat.
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