Route 66 Road Trip - Day 1

At 2:00pm on August 10th, 2012 I left White Owl for the last time as my primary residence and started the 1,650 mile journey to what will be my new primary residence in College Station, Texas.

Day 1

Encinitas, CA to Lake Havasu, AZ

• 353 Miles
  
• 7 hours, 35 minutes
  
• 3 Stops 

The drive was relatively painless and the company was great.  We ran into minimal traffic (even through the traffic we did hit just outside of Fontana made Dad "frustrated"), sang some Classic Rock, and Paughey behaved remarkably well!  He pawed at the door a few times but finally caught on that he wasn’t going anywhere and eventually laid down and enjoyed the ride. 

The Many Positions of Paughey

Today's stops:

1. At the Green Tree Inn Coffee Shop in Victorville, CA I wasn't able to get any coffee (!!!) but they did have some pretty epic Route 66 posters on their windows which made the stop totally worth it.  Paughey was also very thankful for the chance to stretch his legs and get in some good sniffs before we ventured across the Mohave!
   
2. It was just after sunset, still light out but no sun in the sky, when we made a stop in Needles, CA to have dinner at Carls Jr. and let Paughey stretch his legs again so we were not anticipating the blast of heat when we got out of the car.  It was 104° at 7:30pm.
   
3. And finally, we did a quick gas fill up before heading into Lake Havasu, AZ where we are spending the night.

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Enjoy the Scenery!

At approximately 9pm we crossed the California/Arizona border and I am officially no longer a California resident!

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We had every intension of going for a walk across the London Bridge when we got to Lake Havasu around 10pm but it was 107° so we decided to crank the AC and watch some Olympics instead.  Dad and Paughey are ZONKED out already recharging for another day of Route 66 fun!

Stay tuned for Day 2.....