Heading Home

We left Morro Bay at 8:15 this morning and hauled into a campground in windy Barstow at 5 p.m. It has been a long day of driving but the trek was helped by the beauty of the ride over the Tehachapi Summit. What glorious views of swaths of orange poppies riding up soft greened up mountains. The west side of the mountains was dotted by wind turbines marching across the crests. It was windy and the wind machines were racing.

In Tehachapi we went on a quest to find a mexican restaurant that had been recommended by Ellen. Paula does not care for Mexican food and was happy to see they had a menu for Americanos. She ordered a hamburger. Lyn, Julie and Ann enjoyed their Mexican fare. We had to decide if we were going to take the northern route home through Flagstaff and Gallup and up to Santa Fe or go south. The weather would be the decider. We called Paula's daughter, Lara, in NYC and asked her to go on the internet to see if the northern route would include snow. It would not. We trudged on to Barstow and will go on to Flagstaff tomorrow.