Outta the cool, into the HOT!

Our drive south was comparatively uneventful, which is a good thing. We turned off I-5 at Shasta and thoroughly enjoyed going through Shasta & Lassen forests. It's been many, many years, but the forests haven't changed, although the small towns certainly have.

These mugs were sitting on a curb near us at the Susanville Walmart. I'm pretty sure they were left by a snowbird cleaning out their RV as they drove south. What do you think?

It was always warm and sunny during the day...but the nights, brrrrrr. In Susanville and Tonopah the temperature dropped to the very low 30s. We were up during the night turning on the furnace and grabbing afgans to throw over us.

Since we were later getting out of the driveway, than we planned, we headed straight on through Reno over to Hwy 95 and south. Now, this is not a pretty drive...long straight stretches of road with a curve or hill here and there...and not a thing to look at except sagebrush, bare hills and more desert.

BUT by taking this route Norman got to drive (see) the new bridge over the Colorado River, which everyone has to take instead of driving over Hoover Dam, since 9-11.

approaching Lake Mead

...coming to the bridge!

WOO-HOOOOOOO! Spectacular bridge (ha-ha)...and, you guessed it, can't see the dam...LOL...

We stopped at a viewpoint, which was kind of pretty, for lunch, to stretch our legs and shop. Nah, we didn't buy anything, but it was fun to look and visit. Several blankets of trinkets and pretty pots were laid out under the sign saying "No selling here". Well, that's not the actual words, but close.

Did you notice we haven't gotten out of our warm sweatpants yet? But by evening we were in a lovely county park along the Colorado River in shorts, "happy hour" drink in hand and strolling through visiting with folks.

I could mention...well, I will mention...there was a bar with loud music and boats and jet skis tied up to its docks right next to the park. The air smelled like hamburgers n French fries the closer we got. My man really wanted to go over, but I declined...Actually, he just wanted to get closer to the barely covered bikini hard bodies...LOLOL. Aren't I just a mean one?

We're finally set-up in our lot in Yuma. It's really hot right now...close to and over 100 through the weekend. I'll chat more on here later....