Bye, bye, California

So, with just over 4,000 land miles covered so far, and 2820 nautical miles (the equivalent of 3245 land miles), we left Los Angeles Tuesday and headed off towards Arizona.

For our friends who like to wear Harley-Davidson t-shirts,
here's another option we saw at the market in Mexico!

We chose to take a more southerly route back to Arizona, to vary the scenery. We also decided to travel partway on what the map labelled as scenic drives. So, for an hour or two we left the interstate and travelled smaller winding roads with a great variety of views - mountains, valleys, farmland, and small towns. We then picked up Interstate 8 just east of San Diego, and again enjoyed great scenery going through rocky mountain ranges.

The weather was overcast so it didn't make for good lighting to take photos. Travelling south though, we went from 62ºF at noon in Los Angeles to 70ºF in the evening in El Centro. Yeah!

An earlier blooper photo. Amazing how Greg
managed to balance that palm tree on top of his head!

We stopped for the night in El Centro, California. This day had us travelling over quite a few mountain ranges, but by the end of the day we were in what Google states is the largest U.S. city to lie entirely below sea level, at -39 feet, and only 10 miles from the Mexican border.

We'll continue our journey towards Tucson. So, bye bye California.