Los Angeles, California to Tempe, Arizona    418 Miles (2145 Miles Total)     Sunny - 104F

 Indio, California

On our way out of Los Angeles we stopped in San Dimas, legendary home town of Bill and Ted, whose excellent adventure is "like the best movie ever" according to Amy. The most appropriate place to stop was at San Dimas High School, and if you are a fan of the movie or of the punk band The Ataris you will understand why. San Dimas High School Football may not rule, but they are definitely most non-heinous.

 ...strange things are afoot at the Circle K...

Grabbing some In-N-Out in Fontana and departing the western cities of SoCal on I-10, we headed back into the desert for Arizona. The temperature soon climbed to 115F before dropping to a cool 106F at Indio where we made a fuel stop at a 76 gas station, complete with rotating 76 ball. The high sun made for difficult photography but I think the pics of Quark with the classic 76 ball turned out okay. It's funny how you never see phone booths these days until they show up in the background of you photo to create unwanted clutter...

 ...note the cost of gas in the background...

The rest of the day was desert driving before stopping in Tempe and checking in to a Comfort Inn on the edge of the ASU campus. The downtown Tempe are along Mill Street was a fun place to spend the evening and eat at a great wood-fired pizza restaurant. It was still 94F when we made it back to the hotel around 11PM. But it's a dry heat...

...the 76K that appeared to be an error in "the Matrix"... a long geeky story...

posted June 5, 2004 by Tyler