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Onward West

PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:40 pm
by SoCalGalcas
Cheryl and I are now parked in a casino parking lot in Albuquerque, NM. The winds have been very bad, strong the past couple of days. The gas mileage has suffered. The big semis blow us over so we are driving slowly!
Lyn

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:09 pm
by Liz
Good plan. Take it easy. Hope the winds die down for you.

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:25 pm
by Bethers
Take your time, drive slower, wind is no fun ... And Arizona is very hot for the next 5-7 days... 90's, after which it'll get back into the 80's.

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 5:55 pm
by SoCalGalcas
Drove today from Albuquerque to the SKP park in Deming. Nice drive with no winds...what a relief. We will stay here two nights as I am tired.
Lyn

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:55 pm
by BirdbyBird
Thanks for checking in. So glad you are there to lead Cheryl astray! I am guessing that she is leading more and more about deserts.....

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:52 pm
by snowball
be safe in those winds...glad it calmed down a bit...must have sent the winds my way but
wait if you did they would be warm and that they diffidently are not... :roll:
see you in Jan
sheila

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:31 am
by bluepinecones
Hope you can make the remainder of journey without wind.

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:56 pm
by SoCalGalcas
Whoopee! Drove from Deming to Benson today and the wind pushed us the entire way! MPG went up to 25!!!
Cheryl got Beth’s site by the luck of the draw. You have a very nice site here, Beth.
Winds are bad going over the Mts into San Diego, and temp there is 100*, so we are delaying arriving too soon.
Lyn

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:08 pm
by cnq50b
Good decision on not rushing back to San Diego. It feels like stepping into a convection oven outside up here in the LA area. San Diego isn't much better. The winds are extremely hot - even the shade doesn't offer any relief.
Things should calm down a little later this week. Take your time - no rush... :)

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:18 pm
by Bethers
I love seeing my site in use... Here are two pictures Cheryl posted on FB.
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Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:57 pm
by SoCalGalcas
Here we are at the SKP park in Yuma. Glad to have the AC as it is 97 here. Good drive today as the little wind there is, is from the east. Got good mpg again today. Succomed to the ads for a date shake in Dateland. Good, but too heavy sitting in my stomach. Lyn

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:31 pm
by IrishIroamed
SoCalGalcas wrote:Here we are at the SKP park in Yuma. Glad to have the AC as it is 97 here. Good drive today as the little wind there is, is from the east. Got good mpg again today. Succomed to the ads for a date shake in Dateland. Good, but too heavy sitting in my stomach. Lyn


97* ugh :( The dogs and I are not happy campers right now. :lol:

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:11 pm
by BarbaraRose
Take it easy over the mountains. It is getting gradually cooler each day now.

I tried a date shake in Indio once and it was really good!

Is Cheryl coming with you to San Diego? We will have to get together once you get unpacked and settled in again. I need a tour of downtown SD!

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 7:50 am
by SoCalGalcas
HOME!!! After 3 months, and 6,000 miles it is good to return home.! Lyn

Re: Onward West

PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:43 am
by dpf
Lyn! Last night the crew at the "waterin hole" was asking about you! Your travels really left an impression on them.