It was a driving day for us, 411 miles from Williams to Bakersfield, CA. We took I40 to it's terminus in Barstow, CA (home of the Marine Corps Repair Depot for the West), and then US 58 all the way to Bakersfield.
Transiting the various deserts was interesting, and the change in scenery was fascinating. Coming across the Mojave desert makes one wonder how the West ever got settled. We got a kick out of going through Boron, and 40 mule team Borax road running across the highway to the Borax plant.
It was "look at planes parked in the desert" day, too. We stopped in Kingman Airport in AZ where there are all sorts of planes, including a lot of American Eagle and Continental Express ERJ's. Later we stopped in Mojave at their airport, which has a similar collection of parked military and civilian airliners. The photo above is of one of the last surviving Convair 990's, which greets you at the gate of the Mojave airport.
After getting up to 20 degree weather the past few days and high's in the 60's, you cannot believe how we enjoyed eating our dinner at a picnic table in 80 degree weather tonight!!
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