On the Road to Texas

Posted Sat Jun 20, 2009 in Travel

The day did not start particularly well. I was too tired when I woke, so I made coffee and sat down at the computer to work through whatever there was to deal with. With a cup of coffee, I started the process of waking and preparing myself for the trip.

Wife woke about 0700 — I could hear her in the shower. I started the process of backing up my drives (the desktop and the portable that holds my life’s work), then headed for the shower myself. When I finished cleaning up and putting away the few remaining things I needed for the trip, the system was finished and had shut itself down.

Young Son woke soon thereafter. We gathered things up and headed out about 0830 or so. We stopped at McD’s (of course) for a quick bite, then dropped by the post office to mail a package. No joy — the post office was closed.

We then discovered Young Son didn’t have his ID. Not good. So, we drove back to the house, picked it up, and headed out. It was getting close to 1000 by the time we left Carson City. Not good at all.

So we headed east, then south toward Tonopah. I decided to take the south route and get to the Interstate. We need to make miles.

The drive was uneventful. We stopped in Tonopah to grab a bite and refuel. It was about 70F there — absolutely beautiful.

The miles rolled by. Wife and Young Son both slept off and on. I just drove. I hit my low time about 1600 and had to stop in Beatty, Nevada. I got a bottle of Mountain Dew and napped for a few minutes, then drove on.

We stopped in Henderson, Nevada for a bite of supper, which is where I made the image. I used the camera in my iPhone. The camera in the new iPhone is significantly improved. The contrast looks better and so does the dynamic range.

Did I mention I bought an iPhone 3G S? Yeah, I did. ATT decided to offer me an early upgrade, so I took it. I use my phone so much for so many things that a faster phone is really good. My applications open a lot faster now. More later as I learn more.

We left Henderson and headed for Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. Young Son doesn’t remember the last time we passed that way, so we stopped and got out to look at the lake, then the dam. It was good.

Then it was grind-time. I just ground out the remainder of the miles to Kingman. We stopped, and decided to get a room for the night. We’ll have to make a bunch of miles tomorrow.