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December 9, 2008
2004 Trailblazer/Trailer

70,287 miles on trailblazer

8:15 a.m. - Well it is 50 degrees now and sunny clear skies with a little wind as we leave the Quality Inn Motel in Barstow, CA. We had a good night sleep and a good dinner and this morning a good breakfast. This motel gives you a voucher to eat at the local restaurant which was nice. The weather man says we are going to get caught up in the Santa Ana Winds that are coming through this whole area all the way to Bakersfield, CA. Suppose to be 30-40 mile winds with gusts up to 60 m.p.h. Hope we can get through there before all that happens, since we are leaving a little earlier, we might just be ahead of it. Seems the winds pick up more in the afternoon and evening.
10:00 a.m. - We are in Tehachipi, Ca and the windmills here are moving but not blowing off their stacks. Still 50 degrees and the winds are picking up a bit. We have the wind at our back which is good for us and our mileage.
10:40 a.m. - We are on the ground floor of the valley with still 50 degrees and sunny and lots of smog! Luckily we missed the 30-40 m.p.h. winds going this way, we are about 180 miles from HOME!
11:30 a.m. - We are in Pixley, CA just 2 hours from home and we have come into FOG and the temperature has dropped to 40 degrees. What a bummer, we were hoping to have sun all the way into Merced.
1:00 p.m. - Whoopee there is no fog in Visalia, CA and the sun has reappeared. We gassed up here in Madera, CA which is about 30 miles from Merced. Gas here is $1.59 a gallon and the weather is a pleasant 57 degrees and sunny. There is no wind here at all and we are getting great gas mileage for us, 17.5 miles to the gallon.
1:50 p.m. - WE ARE HOME! Sunny blue skies and 60 degrees! Was invited to go to Barbara and Dick's this evening for dinner and to see little Kaelyn, Andrew and Erika. What a lovely beautiful family. We really enjoyed the evening with all of them. A nice way to end the day, that's for sure.

Drove 335 miles today

Total Miles Driven 3,356