Miata Mailing List: July 1997, Message #104
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From: 	Bill Bowser <webowser@fuse.net>

Subject: Calif. or Bust - Chap. 2

Date: 	Wed, 2 Jul 1997 22:40:20 -0500



Hi Gang,



Tue. June 24, 1997



Second Installment:  Note - all times in EDT



I had another great day today.  I left the Motel in Quinter, KS at 6:45

a.m. and  arrived in St. George, UT at 8:45 p.m. after covering another

925 miles.  It should  be about 550 miles to Buellton, CA.  The weather

started off cloudy, but the skies cleared and there were blue skies and

little white fluffy clouds all the way into southwest Utah.



I started off with the top up but put it down at a gas stop in Glenwood

Springs, CO.  Traveling through the Rock Mountains with the top down was

great.  The air was clear and cool and there is still snow near the

summits.



After passing through the Eisenhower tunnel (at 11,013 ft. above sea

level) which is quite close to the continental divide, I stopped and,

just to prove I can be as silly as anyone else, popped the top of a can

of Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and christened my trusty Black & Red ‘93 LE

- Drifter.



Drifter and I spent most of the rest of today’s leg of the trip west

bound on I-70 ogling some of the most spectacular scenery in the

country.  The last 126 miles were on I-15 and the scenery there was

great too.  There was one stretch between Green River and Salina, Utah

where we went 106 miles with no services available.  When I saw the sign

which warned of this situation I estimated that we could make it with at

least a gallon of fuel to spare.  It took 10.67 gallons of gas at

Salina.  (Sure glad I didn’t screw that up.)



I originally planned to spend tomorrow night in Palmdale, CA, but since

I’m way ahead of my original schedule, I’ll probably head for Buellton.



I couldn’t send out the first installment last night; I hope I have

better luck tonight.



Bill Bowser & Drifter

St. George, Utah