California
One week and 2,684 glorious miles were behind us. The last leg of the trip through the Mojave Desert was intense. Not only was the temperature over 110 degrees but we soon realized that we were running on empty and there wasn't a gas station within 100 miles. We had to close the windows and kill the A/C to conserve gas. Thea swore she lost five pounds in the Mojave Sauna! Tom’s Blazer also lost a few things…the tires literally melted from the intense heat. We rolled into Ludlow on fumes and we fumed about the price of gas (now $3.56 per gallon).
Before we left DC we knew we had a place to stay for awhile once we arrived in LA—a house in the Hollywood Hills that belonged to a friend of ours Mom who recently passed away. We arrived at dusk to the very, very, very (did we say very?) old house. But this 1922 fixer upper had most of the essentials...a bed, bath, and kitchen; however in addition to no A/C, we soon realized there was no cell reception, no wireless Internet,and NO TV. Without one of those comforts we could survive, but without all four we went into a slight state of apoplexy! After driving the last 446 miles and realizing we had reached our final destination we were suddenly overcome by exhaustion. We were asleep by 8 p.m.
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