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Leaving the desert for the beaches

Day #40 – Travel from Phoenix to San Diego

Muneesh Jain July 7, 2013

Leaving Phoenix

The craziest part of my schedule is just around the corner and I have a big decision to make.  Rindler and I drove to San Diego today but sadly, we only have one full day in the city before leaving for San Francisco.  Coming up is the stretch where I drive from LA to Seattle, back to LA and then to Minneapolis in 11 days.  My angel of a mother has been calling and reassuring me that she is ready and willing to fly out to the West Coast (from Michigan) and drive with me.  I may have to take her up on the offer.

This was another easy drive as the terrain was relatively flat.  I have driven over 6,500 miles on this trip and finally my car's “check oil” light came on.  I stopped along the way to refill the oil in the car, but I am going to have to get the oil changed properly once I get to San Francisco.  I will have a couple of consecutive days off in the Bay Area for the first time in quite a while.  I have been insanely lucky not to hit any traffic so far, but I did see my first immigration checkpoint leaving Arizona. 

What we listened to in the car:

Doug Loves Movies

The Benson Interruption

Music

 

Arriving San Diego

As you can most likely tell from my name and the plethora of photos featuring my face on this site, I am not a white person.  I have spent the last month driving around the south and in places where I was warned not to stop (by people from the north).  I have to say that while I have absolutely been the victim of racism in my life, I did not run into one problem my entire time in the American South and Southwest.  I met some amazing people and was treated wonderfully.  I have not spent too much time in the south during my life, but nothing that I experienced this summer would give me pause to return one day soon. 

Once we got to San Diego we grabbed some Mexican food from a place called Mama Testas.  We also made a Trader Joe's run and headed back to our hotel.  This is the last hotel I will be staying in for quite some time as I have friends in most of my remaining cities.  We will be leaving San Diego less than 36 hours after arriving so I have a lot of exploring to do in a short amount of time.  

Travel Stats


Miles Traveled: 355


Time in Car: 6 hours 45 minutes


Avg. Speed: 64.5 MPH


Gas Money: $66.89


Gas Price: 3.639


Gallons Filled: 18.381


Exercise: 35 minute cardio


Sleep Time: 6 Hours 30 minutes


Bottles of Water: 7


Bathroom Stops: 3


Traffic Jams: None


Food Eaten: Grapes, blueberries, blackberries, grilled chicken tacos from Mama Testas, Carls Jr. BBQ chicken sandwich


Total Money spent today $164.99


Cumulative Miles through today 7,145


Cumulative Time in car through today 130 hours 15 minutes


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