Day Eighteen
We left the Best Western in about 83 degrees around 09:15, nipped
back into Arizona from California as fuel was significantly cheaper. After a long drive through the desert we
arrived at our second Wigwam Motel.
This one had had much more investment and was well equipped and a better
standard of accommodation, in palm tree gardens.
Earlier we met a couple at a volcanic crater in the desert
who were also staying there so we caught up with them by the pool. The site
was a little remote so we bought drinks at the local store and ordered pizza delivery
- watched the news and weather. A bit like being at home except for the heat!
Day Nineteen
The rest of the drive through California to Los Angeles was
a bit hairy with (at times) seven lanes with over and undertaking on both sides. We made use of the car pool lane (two or more
occupants) but it was not really much quicker.
We visited one or two road side attractions on the way but most had
fallen into disrepair (e.g. The Rialto Theatre, Aztec Hotel) and with one
exception of a gas station, nothing had been refurbished like in the Mid West.
The end of the route is in Santa Monica with all the same
attractions as the British sea-side (pier, fortune tellers, fast food,
fairground, amusements, expensive parking) plus added attraction of warm
sunshine, blue skies and the Pacific Ocean. It would have been nice to stay
longer but with road works and heavy traffic we didn’t want to miss our hire car
drop off time slot.
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