Back From Trip

Returned last night about 9 p.m. I'll be blogging about what I saw, with posts mostly arranged by topic. I will add photos when available (I had two extra cameras, and film has yet to be developed from them). Here was the approximate itinerary:

December 27: Left Sacramento at 8 a.m. Travelled south along Highway 99 through Bakersfield, then along Highway 58 to Barstow, and then I-15 to Las Vegas. Stayed overnight with Ira's family.

December 28: Travelled SE from Las Vegas, along Highway 95, to Needles, CA. Raced along I-40 to Albuquerque. Stayed at father's residence.

December 29: Loafed in ABQ.

December 30: Continued loafing. Visited north side of Alameda Bridge across the Rio Grande River. Saw "The Producers."

December 31: Continued loafing. Visited south side of Alameda Bridge. Visited downtown ABQ to see what New Year's Eve was like there.

January 1: Visited friends Karl & Karen. Saw "Munich."

January 2: Traveled south along I-25 to Socorro, NM, and west along Highway 60 to the VLA, Springerville, Show Low, Globe, and finally arrived in Mesa, AZ. Stayed with cousins Bruce & Donna at Aunt Millie's senior citizen residence (Sun Terrace) in Mesa.

January 3: Visited Aunt Helen (age 99) at Emerald Groves. Pleasant dinner with Deborah McMillion-Nering, her husband Doug, and James Bucanek.

January 4: Travelled west along I-10 to Blythe, CA, then north along Highway 95 to Bullhead City, AZ. Stayed in a motel there.

January 5: Travelled back to Needles along Highway 95. Hunted for site of Sam Kenison's death. Traveled along I-40 to Barstow, then to Bakersfield along Highway 58, then along Highway 99 to Sacramento (nailing a cat in Tulare).

Mileage upon:
departure from Sacramento - 55,768.
departure from Albuquerque - 57,141.
arrival at Sacramento - 58,543.
Total mileage - 2,775.