After a windy dusty day and night with wind reaching over 70 mph, I woke up up at 5:45 a.m. to a clear and calm day, So I made coffee fueled up "Old Roxie"and hit the road with Chrystal still snoozing. Heading west on I-15 was an experience, lots of long uphill followed by long downgrades. At the top of one pass we saw Joshua trees with snow on them. At Barstow we stopped for a little breakfast and a shower then headed east on 58 toward Bakersfield. 58 takes you through flat desert then at Mohave you head up across the mountains. A couple of interesting sights include Boron the town known for Borax. Lot's of interesting mining and processing go on there. The highway also passes near Edwards Air Force Base. No secret activity today. As you head out of Mohave the wind farms are a sight.
At Bakersfield we headed north on 99. 99 is no longer the slow road with lots of lights. It is pretty much a freeway all the way to Sacramento. We rolled into the Flying J in Lodi around 6 and settled in for the night, after dinner and dessert of ice cream and fresh baked cookies.
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