January 4, 2009


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January 4, 2009

All good things.....

10:20 AM = Left motel
6948.6 trip A miles
25,035 total
57 F and cloudy
30% oil life
45% Fuel life too

"Those were the days" on Roadtrips #9/4

10:23/6949.5 = On the road again, goin' West on I-10

10:29/6955.0 = Only 857 miles (via Needles) to the end of my trip :-(

11:05/6997.9 = Decided to prolong this trip little bit by taking x199 for I-8 West. Yuma is 176 miles from here, San Diego is 353.

11:07 AM = 25,086 total miles = 7000 trip miles -- near m177. Will it become 8000 now that I've come here?

11:50/7056.6 = x119 in Gila Bend. $28 = 15.916 Gallons. 7057.1 miles.

11:57/7057.7 = On the road again....

1:03/7140.4 = Huge cattle ranch on the right, and I'm downwind from it. Such a wonderful smell....makes me want to eat a hamburger!

1:06/7144.0 = Opened all the windows and moonroofs.

1:22/7163.3 = Took x12 in Yuma

1:26/7165.5 = Right on U.S. 95 just as the James Bond theme came on Roadtrips #3/10.

2:34/7237.2 = Joined I-10 again @ x17

1:48/7254.5 trip miles = After 6,723.3 miles and 15 days, I'm back to California again!!! Also Pacific Standard Time. Also Blythe. I'm not taking U.S. 95 to Needles -- staying on I-10 now

4:18/7417.5 = From 10 West to 210 West...
4:28/7428.8 = From 210 West to 215 North...
4:35/7437.1 = From 215 North to I-15 North...
4:47/7452.0 = From I-15 North to U.S. 395 North... It's a reasonably good "Last Sunset".

Till 5:40 PM = At Kramer Junction. $10 = 5.004 Gallons. The costliest gas of this trip. I only filled enough to reach Bakersfield (7594.4 miles)

That was poor planning on my part -- I should've filled up in Victorville.

7:03/7589.4 = 58 to 99 North in Bakersfield
7:06/7591.6 = 99 North to 58 West in Bakersfield. $30 = 15.312 Gallons (2nd most expensive on this trip) 7592.2 miles

The last meal of this trip is a Chilli's Big Mouth Bites no bacon and substitute fries for onion strings -- I just picked it up to go and the timing of my phone call before joining 99 was PERFECT. Now its 235 miles to home, unless I take any more detours like to Treasure Island or Sacramento or Hwy 101 or anywhere else.

7:45/7613.0 = Joined Good Ole I-5 again -- after 16 days.

8:11/7645.4 = Finished dinner.

10:23 PM = 7801.8 miles = Joined U.S. 101 North @ 152 in the so-called "Garlic Capital of the World" and switched to convertible mode

10:40/7822.0 = 85 North.......

10:45/7828.3 = x6 @ Almaden Expy

10:56 PM =
7832.7 Trip A Miles
3286.9 Trip B Miles (after leaving Orlando)
25,919 total odometer
30% Oil life (soon to be 20%)
49% Fuel =

HOME.

Its been a trip to remember!

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