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                                                                                             Las Cruces, NM to Tucson, AZ

Friday November 21, 2008

     7:04am  We went to bed a little bit before midnight so we got a good stretch of sleep. We found this culvert to crash in next to this pecan orchard. It was a beautiful spot with bamboo. We slept underneath this big tree. I'll take pictures. On yeah, we slept toasty warm with our new blankets after we stapled them.

     10:40am  We got to the truckstop like an hour ago. I went inside the bathroom and layered down and filled my bag with ice. It was cool how we found a perfect camp to crash at, a little culvert to sleep in. It was great. We came to the truckstop and we're smoking weed. We haven't stopped smoking weed, hehe. I want to go to the onramp and thumb it for a litle bit.

     12:40pm  Armando is going to give us a ride West. He's going to take the next exit and turn around and meet us at the Pilot truckstop. We appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit.

     12:45pm  Hmm, we had some maybe good luck. Like right when we walked up and unloaded our bags this guy pulled over driving a flatbed truck with metal boxes. He told us he was going to turn around and pick us up at the Pilot truckstop. David told me he said he was going all the way to California. I hope that happens. I am not getting my hopes up just yet.

     1:08pm  This is so awesome. We're getting a ride all the way to California! New Mexico to California. Perfect. Armando did come back after all. He's going all the way to Anaheim, which is real close to Santa Ana. How perfect! We had walked to the Pilot and I sat down to take some stuff out of my boots. All of a sudden Orland drives by and honks! He already has all our bags strapped to the back of his flatbed.

     1:20pm  Armando, David and I are taking off. We're going to California! We appreciate it, brother. I can't believe it. We got so lucky. And we were just talking about getting off the onramp to get food. Oh yeah, at the Pilot Armando bought us some Subway sandwiches and drinks. We appreciate it. Everybody gets credit.

     5:05pm  We just stopped at this gas station in Arizona. The intersection looks really familiar, like I've been here before. I'll tell you when I see a street sign. I should've asked when I went in the store. I'll look it up in my journal. I remember hanging out behind the Taco Bell here.

                   We are forty three miles away from Tucson right now. Mile Marker 301. Mile Marker 300 or 302 is where we stopped. I'll look it up that way.

     5:52pm  We stopped at this one hotel in Tucson, but Armando changed his mind. We're going to go to a different one.

     6:40pm  We came to the Red Roof Inn and Armando got a room. We'll be able to take showers and stuff. Right now Armando is treating us to dinner at some restaurant nearby. Not the Denny's.

Next day..