2025 Late-Summer Road Trip - Day 10-of-35 - August 23, 2025

Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025 - Through The Desert, then into California today - 575 miles ending up at the Super 8, Redding, CA:

Didn't I start the day right:

I went out into The Desert, looking for the Post Office in 89418 - Unionville, NV:

I asked locals where was the Post Office? They didn't think they had one, but maybe up the road. This is what "up the road" looks like:

So I headed back out, went south-then-west-over-the-mountains to get back to I-80:

I find that, not matter my speed, if I can keep the rpms at 1700, I get EXCELLENT milage:

I definitely need to research what those Highway Signs mean:

PRETTY COOL - and if you have to drive through the Nevada Desert, you might as well do it at 100 degrees:

I got to California at 4:18

Wonderful Views:

It is always nice finding a "Vista Point" - this one is overlooks The Pit River:

"California Sunset" at 7:58

Checked-in at 8:33 PM - 575 miles today (and 16 Post Offices):

This is what they looked like:

My favorite today is 96028 - Fall River Mills, CA:

Thank you God for another wonderful Adventure Day!

Music for today:

The Who - It's Hard, 1982 album, last heard (in a blog) 3/24/2018 - Athena, the title track, and Eminence Front make this a keeper:

Alice Cooper - Killer, 1971 album, last heard (in a blog) 6/01/2018 - pretty funky listening to this while driving through the desert:

Jackson Browne - Lawyers in Love, 1983 album, last heard (in a blog) 12/06/2018:

Jackson Browne - Lives in the Balance, 1986 album, last heard (in a blog) 6/09/2018:

Jackson Browne - The Naked Ride Home, 2002 album, last heard (in a blog) 9/14/2018:

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty, 1977 live album, last heard (in a blog) 11/09/2020 - there is a lot to dicuss about listening to a Road Album while I am out on-the-road, but I have time-limitations:

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [Live], 1993 album, last heard (in a blog) never:

Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson - Navigators of Dune, cds 9 + 10, 2016 audiobook:

Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 1: Sound Magic, 1996 debut album, last heard (in a blog) never:

Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment, 1972 album, last heard (in a blog) 9/19/2023 - I want to rock out (with stuff I know by heart):

Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963, recorded 1963, released 1985, last heard (in a blog) 9/08/2021 - Because Rod Stewart's album ends with Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away":

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