Santa Monica, CA to Barstow, CA - 157 miles
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Departing Santa Monica, we waited til the morning rush hour(s) were over. Still a lot of fast traffic, lane changing, etc, but we made it thru to I 15 toward Barstow, in about an hour Made a pit stop at "In-n-Out Burgers" on the recommendation of some club members. Good move! We entered old Route 66 outside Victorville and proceeded to Barstow for the night
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| The best restaurant in Santa Monica |
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| Leaving the Hotel |
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| Getting into the thick of it |
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| Pit Stop |
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| Larry's checking is car out |
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Thinks he has an engine temp problem |
| Starting the big climb eastward |
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| Stopping at Cecil and Helens, in Victorville, for 'thanks' and farewell |
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| At Victorville, the Johnsons and the Johnstones left the group to go to the post office to mail stuff home (to free up space in the cars). We, then, caught up with the group at Cecil's and Helen's where goodbyes were said. Cecil provided Paul with a Garrison Keilor CD (Paul had mentioned liking Garrison Keilor at the first visit). Frank and Faye stayed in Victorville for an emergency dental repair for Faye and the rest of us headed for Barstow. We got to the Quality Inn in Barstow early. |
| Exiting Victorville for points east..... |
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| We stop for some roadside pics |
| Tonight, we stay in Barstow, CA and arrived at the motel around 3PM. Coming into town, I spotted a 52 Commander in a front yard. Barstow looked to be a small town with the usual compliment of strip malls and stores. Larry Merhaut had gone ahead and checked in before the rest of us. When we caught up with him, he mentioned that the fellow in the room next door asked if he'd like to use his truck to block anyone from "stealing his car". We got to wondering about this later in the afternoon and were strategizing about how we could line up the cars for protection. Dave and Nadine hosted a Hospitality Suite for the group Some of us are learning and gassed up that afternoon, giving more wiggle room in the morning. We did some trinket shopping at a local market.
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Dinner was at the
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