Hello again faithful followers. As Dorothy said, "there's no place like home." Our last few days were very stressful. I think all of us have seen enough desert for awhile. Experiencing a heat wave is not a lot of fun. We woke early to get a start across the desert. It was 5:09 when we left camp. 94*. We crossed the border and were happy to see the California sign. Did a lot that day. Daggett with some wonderful old buildings. Top floor gone from the old hotel where death valley Scotty lived. Visited BRstowand saw the Barstow Dept /Hotel. Home of the Harvey Girls. , Saw a bunch of scrap metal enhanced cars used in Mad Max movies. Great statue of a little leaguer.
I got to sit at the head of a long row of baseballs. We went to the site of the first Mc Donalds restaurant. Very interesting st ory. It is now a museum. Found another wigwam motel. Cucamonga had the cleanest old station. Almost too clean. The fire was very close. We have now seen several fires on this trip. Not fun. I can't imagine those poor firemen in this heat.
We passed a great building shaped like a shoe complete withx rope laces. And then, finally in the distance, the Santa Monica Pier Arch. We had made it. Lots of cheering in Cmor.
We spent that night in Castaic.
Still very hot. Lot s of cold showers the last few nights. Tried to sleep late but no luck. We decided to go home on 99. Weweretrying to stall and not get the bearded one home too early. For those who did 'tknow, The stay at homes were working on the 57 Chevy to surprise Don. Itwas very hard not letting him know. Lots of phone calls while he was in showering or talking to other people. I is very hard work trying to be sneaky. Going up 99 was interesting. Wefound a State park founded by and for African Americans. Met the ranger and he gave me some green peppers from their garden. They grow the samefoods the original settlers grew. We went to the Kingsburg jail. Didn't hang arounf there too long. On to the world's largest box of raisens. Our last vacation stop was a building shaped like a bulldozer. Still too early to go home, so we sat in Danville on the side of the road playing cards until Deb said we could go home, Don thought we were waiting because Chris had been working on his truck and wanted to surprise Papa with how much he had done. When we pulled up the driveway was full of family anf friends. They had all worked on Don's car. He is a very loved man. We are truly blessed with all this love and friendship. Traveling is grat fun but so is coming home, especially to such a warm welcome. We are off again this weekend to Shingle springs. Then wewill be home for the rest of the month . Another trip planned for August. Cmor sure loves to go, and I love to keep him company. Thank you all again for the good thoughts and prayers and for the patience in following our adventures. We love you all. Until next time, hugs from Junior and Cmor
