Desert Drive
Yesterday we drove the 330 miles from Mesa, AZ to Hemet, CA on Interstate 10. It was a lovely, uneventful drive. Here's the view as we approach Quartzsite.
These bright yellow bush/flowers were all along the roadside. They might be Brittlebush as seen in this field guide to wildflowers. I love the Internet with so much information at my fingertips. If we'd stopped to "smell the roses" I could make a positive ID. There were a couple of areas where the ground was covered with purple blooms but we flew by too fast for a shot. While not as spectacular as the Anza-Borrego wild flower display, this was a colorful addition to a usually boring drive.
We left at 9 AM and were back at our park site in Hemet by 4. We made three gas stops! Jim hates to let the gas tank get down more than 1/4 so we usually stop every 200 miles. But we reached Mesa too late on Thursday to fill up so we started out needing to find a good stop. Jim also likes to park with a full tank...just in case something happens :)
So one of the day's highlights was finding a great gas stop at the CA/AZ border on the cheaper AZ side! Next time you go through try the Texaco at Tom Wells Road, mile marker 5. Great spot for RV gas and parking for lunch. This replaces the nast stop at the Ehrenberg Flying :) My Next Exit book sure makes finding a station easier. For the record, we paid $3.51/gal. to fill up in Hemet! Yikes!
We slept in this morning and enjoyed a lazy cup of coffee. Now Jim is cleaning bugs from the windows and I'm going to be defrosting the fridge and vacuuming. Then, back to the lazy life in Hemet.