Today, we made it to California, and it was SOOOOOOO hot! 117 degrees. And the last two hours of our ride, we decided we needed to turn off the air conditioning because the engine was getting very hot...220 degrees. So we rolled down the windows and sped to the border and a nice cool hotel. You can see the road stretching way out ahead of us in this picture. Why do you think the air conditioner made the engine run hotter?
PopPop and I kind of got to laughing about the air conditioning, though...because so far, the car seems to be falling apart - the tissue box fell off, a grease cap on the wheel came off, a hub cap came off, the cruise control stopped working, and the engine overheated so we had to turn off the air conditioning. We are wondering what the car will look like when we roll back into our driveway in Raleigh in a few weeks...
We drove from Las Cruces, New Mexico into Arizona, through Tucson, past Phoenix, and ended in Blythe, California. Can you find those cities on your map of America? The mountains all around us were very beautiful, but dry and rocky, with no trees or grass on them
All through Arizona, we saw lots of dust devils. I kept wonde
ring how they form and swirl around. They look like little tornadoes. Do you know how the wind and dust come together to make these tornadoes?
ring how they form and swirl around. They look like little tornadoes. Do you know how the wind and dust come together to make these tornadoes? More tomorrow...
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Hopefully the car doesn't look like THIS when it's all said and done.
Have a safe trip and enjoy yourselves on the river!
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