we got up at 6am (on schedule, per usual, cause again, we effin' rock), hit the road by ten of 7am, and made our way down the california grape vine (aka the entirely ugly I-5). although, through a stroke of friggin genius, the amazing photog sabine was able to make it nothing less than picturesque.
on the way out of the bay area we watched the sun come up over the rolling brown hills, dotted with windmills, and then smaller little bumpy hills along the san andreas fault. we had decided early on that we would institute a no a/c rule. our first mistake. which we (slightly) amended when we had swamp ass that wouldn't quit.
our first sight of amazement was the valero gas station in between san francisco and l.a. that sold wonderful california memorabilia, along with the other road trip necessities... which they seemed to think included army knives, hand guns, rifles, and other ammunition that might be needed along ones path. thank god for blue states.
we made it through l.a. with no real traffic hiccups... a feat in and of itself, and continued on our way after a brief stop at in n out. it's important to note that l.a. for all of it's "glory" had not a single good radio station. big let down on a road trip.
a few hours later we reached the border of arizona and promptly began seeing cacti-- sabine's first. along the way were border patrol and the minutemen sitting in campers throughout the desert. still instituting the no a/c rule we cried mercy when the thermometer was somewhere around 105.
as we reached our destination we were greeted with an amazing sunset followed by a brief desert rain and rainbow. for a place that receives appx. 350 days of sun per year-- we're pretty that we lucked the eff out. for those who have never smelled the rain here in az-- you must must must experience it once in life.
we got to melissa and matt's place and met their beautiful babies, roxanne and lola (yes, just like sabine's baby back home, but not). following a brief tour of their place (beautiful)... we headed to meet up with rachel, jenny, and stacey at the infamous via delosantos. delicious food, great company, and fantastic margaritas. we stopped briefly over at chez lytle to meet rachel and colin's beautiful babies penny and violet, and concluded the night with drinks back at mel and matt's, to mark the beginning of the end of our fantastic tour de los west.
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