To California

500 miles, give or take a few. More or less along the Mexican border, on the I-8. Which of course means that there were also three border patrol checkpoints on the way. Seriously, I haven't had my passport checked this much ever before. To me, this borders on paranoia. You can't drive 20 miles in this area without seeing at least one border patrol car on overpasses, on the median, or just driving around.

Anyway, I made it to my friends in California in good time and without any problems. It was nice to see the ocean after all the desert and snow-capped mountains I've driven through the past two weeks. As a bonus I made it to the Pacific just in time for the sunset. Nice touch.

Now I'm chilling on the sofa, winding down from the long drive (all in all about 9 hours). I have now managed - so far - to drive about 3,400 miles. In fifteen days. As much as I love cars and driving, it'll be nice not to use it to go anywhere tomorrow.

Imperial Dunes close to Yuma



Rugged landscape in the mountains



And another border patrol on the I-8



Sunset