We traveled with our friend Don for the first part of the loop. We stopped by the Sea Lion Caves in Oregon and we toured a bit in San Francisco where we visited with Mandell the first time. We left Don in Phoenix and we headed across the country and visited with Ken and Nancy in Texas (we had snow there). We went to New Orleans just before Mardi Gras. I went to the Navy Air museum in Pensacola and then we visited with my Aunt Mary and cousin Mary Lou in St. Petersburg.
We headed north and went to the Kennedy Space Centre and Savannah, Georgia. We then headed to Kitty Hawk and the Outer Banks and the Wright Brothers Museum (we want to go back here). After a quick trip up to Delaware and New Jersey, we saw AirForce 1 taking off and Kathie twittered that and we were followed by black SUV's for the rest of the trip. We headed across Tennessee, Arkansas and back into Texas (with black SUV's in tow) stopping in at Biltmore (the largest house in America), Cooter's Dukes of Hazzard museum (best deal ever) and Graceland along the way.
We drove parts of Route 66 in Texas, Arizona and California. We didn't see any aliens in Roswell (I may have but no one else believes me) but we did see some spring training ball games in Phoenix and went back to San Francisco and visited with Mandell and then we went to Chico and visited with a Irish Water Spaniel breeder.
We watched a semi blow a motor going up Pacheco Pass and watched another semi driver in Florida who could not keep it in his lane or lanes. We were following a semi that blew a tire and shed pieces of it all around us, he pulled over but passed us again a short time later still shedding parts of the tire.
We watched for tornados that didn't develop and then we were horrified as areas we had just left got blasted by tornados (but no hurricanes this loop).
We paid $5.20 for a gallon of diesel in California and the same day paid $4.04 in Arizona. The cost of fuel in the rest of California is around $4.40.
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