Summer Travel Map

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Back in the saddle

April 19, 2011
Indio, CA

Wow; it was great to get back on the road, even if we fought the winds all the way across I-10! Our first stop was with our friends, Wayne and Eva, at their place in Indio, near Palm Springs. We had a great time with them, and they certainly took care of us. Taco Night at their Elks Lodge on Monday, then Eva put out two fantastic meals for us today for brunch and dinner. We thought about staying another day, but we need to get to Lompoc to visit with Geri's sister, so we'll push on tomorrow.



It's been interesting to see the price of fuel increase as we go, with diesel in the $4.45-4.55 range and gas just under $4.00. Things should be lower most everywhere else (California's generally one of the highest-cost states).

Tomorrow morning I'll run a few errands before we go: a trip to Cardenas Market for some Chorizo and a stop at the local Verizon Wireless store to check out their latest Mi-Fi device with 3G/4G capabilities (this should be a good back-up access point if we can't get a Wi-Fi signal and/or the Hughes system is acting up.

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