We took a short break in Moab and then set our sites on the Monterey Bay. It is typically a 20 or so hour drive to Monterey from Boulder, Colorado, but for some reason, it took quite a bit longer than that...
Our first non-gas station stop was in Las Vegas for the coveted In-N-Out Burger stop. I had never been, so it was all the more important! We were all relatively inexperienced In-N-Out customers except for Kevin. He knew and the Ins and Outs like animal style, 4x4, Neapolitan shakes. =)
Virgin In-N-Out Celebration
Brian just Hanging Out
Once we left Vegas, we all started getting a little antsy to be there, but we had to remind ourselves that California is a big state. At one point Brian found an ant crawling on his arm, probably from the palm trees he was climbing in at In-and-Out. We decided to name our new friend Bob and made him our mascot for the trip. Bob would venture back and forth from the front to the back seat on people's arms and what not. We quite enjoyed the hilariousness of our new friend. At one point Kevin and I are sitting in the middle seat and I see him have a convulsive type fit where by he slaps the back of his neck. At first I don't think anything of it, but then I suddenly realized the implications of what has just happened...Kevin killed Bob. Although we were not able to locate the remains, so he technically could not be found guilty, it was quite apparent what had happened!
Bob Chillin' On the Orange Peel Before Kevin Brutally Murdered Him!!
So we were very close to Bakersfield, CA and very much enjoying the thought of being at Sea Otter in "not too long". All of the sudden, we were in stop and go traffic not making much forward progress at all. The friendly trucker with a CB next to us, we found out that the road ahead of us was closed and would be for several more hours, at least three. Apparently there were several accidents that had caused the road closures. We had the option to sit and wait or detour our way to nearly L.A. Being the ADD sorts that we are, we opted for the detour option. If we hadn't taken this detour, we wouldn't have been able to fully appreciate the beautiful windfarm that we had briefly seen and driven by on our way to the road closure. (I'm trying desperately to find some positive experience in our out of the way detour nearly to Hollywood!)
Lovely Wind Farm that We Would have Missed on the less than 27 hour Route
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