In California for the night.

Seems that they did take the rural route through El Paso but Scott was supposedly sleeping. He did however see Tusson, saw a little enclosed community with houses all side by side on a golf course and wondered if that is where Louana and Mike live or just like it. He says that New Mexico had all kinds of beautiful hills, rock outcroppings and some rocks just sitting on rocks plus lots of cacti that I wold love to take pictures of and to tell Louana that it was absolutely beautiul in Tucson today. He really like that state too though did not go on and on about it as he did New Mexico.

The big thing that got his attention today-- the drove from 29 Palms to Long Beach 120 miles or so on 4-10 lane freeway that was bumper to bumper. He says it is absolutely impossible to imagine all the cars on teh road and the stores. He thinks that you could shop in a different store every time you went out and not shop in all of them in a life time. He said there were just sore after store after store and probably shopping mall after mall after mall on the outskirts.

Anyway they are headed for Fontana oh yeah and while they were driving along, he is riding and talking to me, he lets out this surprised sound and a train came out of nowwhere heading the opposite directions from them and just disappeared underneath the freeway like it follows along going west and then goes underneath. Says it was awesome. And he talked to Simon tonight. Simon could hear him kind of but could not find him so was trying to ignore the voice probably thought he was going crazy.

They are spending the night there and then Mikel says they are headed back East to Springfield Ilinois, well see. Later