Spent last night in the small town of Tonopah. It had a hot springs, 3 gas stations, 1 restaurant/bar, 6 room motel, post office. We met several guys who live in their vans, wintering in AZ, then heading N to the Dakotas for summer. One even had an old VW bus. We joined all the semis at the Shell station for the night.

We made it another 75 miles today, on I-10 (the bikers say they are given great space from the cars & trucks passing by) in fantastic weather to the next town, Quartzsite. It is known for the US Army having used camels here, before the Civil War. If you want to read about it, check out : (http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/camels.html)

We found the pasta meal Bob & Kathleen have been craving, even had salad, cheesecake and free wi fi. We are not too far from the CA border, but there are only small towns for a few days. Of course, we have found wi fi in the most unusual places, and have had cellphone service more than we expected.