Indio, California

We rode another full day today, in fact, with a nice break during mid-day on the beach, we rode into the night.  The goal was free room and board.. at my parents house in Indio, California.   They have a nice condo here, and it sits empty through the summer and fall, so no one is here right now.    It was a good 600 km today to get here, so we pushed on.

We made arrangements with the neighbour (thanks Red!) to come over and open the gate and house, and turn on the power and water.

So, here we sit, in luxury (for us).    I took one picture, just for my Mom.  We promise to clean up when we leave... promise!  :)

We cooked a nice dinner, on the stove, not using our Iso-Pro camping cooker.  It's funny how quickly you forget the niceties of daily life when you are on the road.  :)  

Tomorrow will be fun, we're heading to Slab City to camp for the day and night.  Slab City is a 640 acre former US Military base, that has been taken over by travellers, snowbirds, hippies and others who have created a complete off the grid city in the desert.   Look up Slab City, California on Wikipedia... it will be a really cool place to visit.

After that, it's back to San Diego, and then into Mexico.