I am in the little house that moves… forever… I guess I will sleep. Oh wait! Is that the house that doesn’t move? MEOWT!!!!!
Our morning walk took us around the town of Winslow. It is 6 am and nobody is out and about. It is a cool little town that most people just wizzzzz on by on I40. We see kayak rentals, so we have to assume that there is a river nearby.
Today is going to be a long day. We are going for home… 556 miles. Onto I40 by
7:15. First stop is Williams, 90 miles
down the road. Spouse wanted to stop at
a leather place there for some custom gifts.
Williams is a bit of a tourist town in that it is the gateway to the
Grand Canyon 60 miles up the road. But
it is also a real outdoorsy town. Sure,
there are tourist shops, but many of these shops do real business for the
locals. Spouse stopped at a saddlery and
arranged for some work that was very reasonably priced and beautiful quality. Arrangements made, let’s eat breakfast! MMMMM…. Then we walk back to Hannah and get back on
the road… and drive… and drive… and drive.
Spouse is lamenting that the price of fuel is going up. As we get to the California border, it is 114
degrees. In the past when we have made
this drive, we stop in Laughlin and spend the night. But at 114, we just wanted to get home. Besides, our neighbors are moving and taking
their dog with them. Spouse considers
that dog his grandson, so he wants to see him before we go. When
we got to Victorville, I turned on the Dodger game. This was my first touch of reality in 2 months. In that time, the TV was on just a couple of
hours. I watched one movie, and Spouse
watched a couple of episodes of something or another. I have not watched the news or looked at the
news on my phone. I have been blissfully
ignorant. And as I listened to the game… reality started to hit. Time to tune back in.
When we approached the house, Rudy got so excited. He bobbed his head and couldn’t wait to get
outside without a leash. Now comes the
fun part…
Unloading and cleaning up… this will take days, and Spouse has a whole lot of repairs to make. Over 9,000 miles has taken its toll on Hannah so now we need to get her all ready for the next run, wherever that may be.
This is her second trip to the east coast. That is a LONG way. Normally, we hang somewhere in the west, and
fish, bike and golf. This was more of a
sight seeing and visiting trip, but it was a looooong way to go. We drove every day since we left Stone
Mountain in Atlanta, which is not our normal approach.
And… my Trader Joe’s chocolate melted in the extreme heat… How rude!
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