CRAZY WEATHER

MAY 7, 2017

We have had several days of 100  degrees plus for  a few weeks now.  The day before we left Bullhead City, we hit 105.  We like the warmth, but that is a little too hot.  

We got to Bakersfield, Ca last Thursday.  We have never been as far north as Bullhead City when we start for home, so this time we had to go thru the Mohave Desert. It was suppose to be 105 degrees, so we left earlier the we ever had to beat the heat. Trucks don't like it  that hot,  it can overheat the transmission.  We left at 6:30 am, that  is the time we usually get up.  Even then, it was still 85 degrees.  When it gets hot,  sometimes you have to turn off the AC to help the engine stay cooler. There were only a few times the we had to do that.  Thank Heavens!!!

When  we got to Bakersfield, it was 104. The amazing thing is that within 2 days, it was 65 and raining. That's what I mean about crazy weather.  I know that is about normal at home (or even lower), but we were SO COLD because we aren't used to it.  We have not had temps under 90 degrees for quite a while. Last time we saw rain was early Jan. Not looking forward to going home to the cold weather.

When we were in Bullhead City, we took a road trip just in our truck to Las Vegas and Parhump, NV. We are thinking of going up there next year for something different.  We wanted to check out the Thousand Trails park in Vegas because we had heard some bad things about it.  We liked the one at Parhump much better, so might stay there.  Parhump is abut 60 miles SW of Vegas.
 The reason I'm mentioning this, is that we saw something unusual.  On our travels we see a lot of Veterans Highways.  There is also one going to Vegas, but a bit different. Every  hundred feet, there was a sign honoring Veterans from different wars. Usually you just see a sign  honoring all Veterans.

There were some signs that I have never  seen before: They all said
       Veterans of:
WWI
WWII
           Korean War
                                         Cold War (had never seen this)
            Vietnam War
      Iraq War
             Desert Storm
                                                        The war on Terror (have never seen that)

I think it was very nice to mention all of the wars, not just lump them all together