Day 295 on the road.Starbucks, Main St. in Barstow, California
I left Vegas at 9 a.m. and began the drive west. I stopped by Primm and paid $4.26 for a gallon of gas! I'm discovering that gas in California is going to be very expensive. The station across the street here in Barstow is selling gas for $4.79 a gallon. Give me a break!
The drive here to Barstow was interesting, if you like sand storms. Once I left Baker about 40 miles east of Barstow, the drive edged along the Mojave Desert National Preserve. The winds were blowing my car so terribly I had to concentrate to stay on the highway, not to mention the sun had been darkened by the swirling desert sand. As you can tell by the photos, this area of Interstate 15 between Baker and Barstow is desolate, sandy, dry, and beautiful in a strange way.
I'm just an hour's drive or so from Bakersfield where I'll spend the night. The photo below shows the sand storm obscuring the view of the mountains in the distance. The sun disappeared for about 30 minutes.
