Route 66: Fear & Parking in Las Vegas

I earned my way into California these past few days.

Tuesday night (I think - what day is it?) I would my way through the treacherous Black Mountains, on the Arizona/California border. There are no words to describe the harrowing experience, but "oh crap" will probably do. Extreme sports enthusiast jump out of planes - they should drive the two-land, narrow, cliff-diving roads through those mountains. It'll make any doomjunkie sweat.

Stayed in Needles that night, and tried to connect but the room wasn't having it. I searched all over town for a viable internet connection, but none could be found. Must have been the heat.

Yesterday I spent braving LA to the coast. Let me say that LA is the worst city on earth. Imagine a giant Detroit, with towns dissolving into each other, and a stop light at every road - EVERY ROAD! Then they put you on the snakepit that is the highway system, and I was lucky to get out alive. Luckily I get high on 85+ mph highway driving.

Made it through Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and to the Destination - Santa Monica.

The Pacific was perfect. Perfect weather, perfect breeze, and I even got soaked a time or two dipping my feet in. I made it. I trekked down the Santa Monica pier - the ultimate reward for taking a non-defunct highway across this great nation.

Last night I slept in Baker, CA, in a trucker pull-off. It's hot - it's in the Mojave Desert - so I didn't freeze last night. But camping in the car was nice. I slept like a baby.

Now I sit in an internet cafe on the strip of Las Vegas. I'm taking I-15 to I-70/80, and I thought, "Hell, why not?" So I stopped in, got burned for $8 for thirty minutes, and am now going to tackle Vegas for an hour or so. Shucks, maybe i'll win all the money I spent on this trip back. Maybe not.

I'm ready to get home. The main crux of the trip is over - the Route has been Conquered - now it's 32 hours of straight interstate. But I'll be okay - I plan to do over 12 hours of driving every day. And suprisingly, I'm not tired of driving. I guess that's why this trip made so much sense; the highway and I get along just fine.

Tried to upload pictures, but you can..'t access the drives on this damn junk PC. Tonight i hope to find a decent hotel to stay in (though I said that about last night - and didn..'t find one), so I can share pictures. I didn..'t realize it..'d be this hard to SHARE. ..n

Off to spend $20 at some casino, and take more pictures. Thanks for all your well-wishes. Should be home Sunday, as planned.

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over and out,

dave


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Chances that an unprotected PC will become infected with a virus within an hour of being on the Internet:9 in 10

- Harper..'s Index, May 2006

Tried to upload pictures, but you can't access the drives on this damn junk PC. Tonight i hope to find a decent hotel to stay in (though I said that about last night - and didn't find one), so I can share pictures. I didn't realize it'd be this hard to SHARE.

Off to spend $20 at some casino, and take more pictures. Thanks for all your well-wishes. Should be home Sunday, as planned.

Updates are few and far between because some libraries actually block MySpace, those nazi bastards.

Over and out from The Strip.