After exiting the southern Central Valley, we crossed into Southern California via the I5 and the infamous "Grapevine." It was a long slow haul up and over the mountains but we made it.

We continued on through the mountains, through Angeles national Forest and past Pyramid Lake. Descending into the valley on the other side, traffic became heavy and we decided to try and go as far as Ontario.

There isn't much to say about our stay in Ontario other then the consensus was that we would be featured in the show COPS in the very near future. We were REAL glad to leave in the morning.

We left Ontario about 8:20a.m. and faced some heavy traffic and the usual lousy, crumbling roads. We stopped for breakfast and fuel in Banning and then headed out across the desert. We passed through Palm Springs about 11 a.m. and ended the day in Ehrenberg, AZ.

Views of the CA desert between Palm Springs and Blythe, CA