July 10, 2010 From hot to cool

We left Cottonwood and headed west to LA! At the hottest point it got to 117 degrees! Maggie declared when we stopped at the rest area in the middle of the desert, that she liked the heat of Florida better than this heat.


In the desert we saw these saguaro cacti all over the place. This was taken from our moving vehicle.

As we got to the California border, we actually had to stop on I-10 for this checkpoint.

In Palm Springs, just outside the greater LA area, we came across these really neat windmills. They were EVERYWHERE!!!


We made good time through the LA traffic....it didn't get too bad, but the traffic and the length of time we were in traffic was incredible! We're not in Kansas anymore...

By the time we stepped out of the van in LA at Steve and Sarah's house it was 66 degrees. People, that is a 51 degree difference...shock to the system!!! But, Oh, such a good shock!