Last day in California.

In stead of leaving like I planned to, I spent the day cleaning and straightening out the RV.  I got tired of things flying around every time I move it.  Just about everything is put away somewhere at this point, many things were just packed up and put in temporary locations, partly because I'm still carrying around all of Melissa's and my Burning Man stuff so there will be a lot of space freed up when all that's out and things start to find their permanent home.  Ate lunch at the table today, haven't been able to do that since before Fest!

I should probably head back to the camping world I went to and return the shity GPS.  Magellan.  What a piece of crap!  Unbelievably bad routing and it never gets the speed limit right for when to sound the alarm.  Too bad the one with the "Spa" is out of the way, it could still use a good cleaning on the roof and underneath, the engine still needs to be washed as well.  I'll try to find one along the way to get that done and the gennie serviced.

It's been an expensive month here in California, but it's been a great one.  The Vogue seems to finally be running good, I saw lots of family, hung out with a burner, made a new friend and had what is probably California's best cheesesteak, which will only get better when they start to use the right rolls.  I really wish I had gotten my shit together in time to not have to go back to Philly, it qwould be nice to stay here or head to Oregon to go host at a lighthouse (the call for volunteers with RV's went out) but this is the hand I was dealt and how I played it.

Mostly I'm just hoping for a MUCH less stressful drive across the mountains than I had last time, especially the Rockies!  I want to stop and see some things this time too, I'm not going to try to do 700 or 800 miles a day like I did 2 of the last 3 times I drove across the country, the other was 2 drivers, 40 hours basically nonstop.  The only thing I've ever really stopped to see on one of these trips was Cadillac Ranch and that was the very first time across.  After talking to someone who has done it before, I'm going to take Rt. 50 and see something other than the interstate this time.  66 was way more interesting than the interstate that replaced it.

All I will need to do in the morning is make coffee, unplug the shore cord, and I'll be good to go.  I like days like that.  I'm not good at days with projects and putting stuff away and Then trying to hit the road.  Now all I need to do is figure out where I'm going to go.