Up early, that's good I guess. Means when we get back to the east coast it won't be such a big adjustment.

Found breakfast, this motel is being remodeled and breakfast is being served in a temp room. When I asked for juice, I had to walk into the kitchen area and help myself. One person just leaving the area when we got there. No one came while we were there. Heard lots of people up and about earlier outside.

The closest place to return our car yesterday was 10 miles the wrong direction from where we were heading. So we only took one of our units and left the other in a WalMart parking lot. So BB had to do her inspection before I started my day.

Yesterday when we dropped my unit, I had an area picked to park it and then saw someone working on their car so I decided to move further away. Later, I saw he was trying to figure out how to put chains on his car so he'd have some idea before he was standing in the snow on the side of the road.

My rig was still there, took a few minutes for an inspection and we were on our way. I mentioned to BB that we wanted to take 'Business I-80' to cut off a few miles. She got far enough behind me that she didn't see where I was and stayed on I-80 when the two split. What I didn't know, was that coming from the west it never refers to this freeway as 'Business I-80' until AFTER you are on it. At the split it only says US-54.

Once I realized she wasn't behind me, I slowed down to 60 mph. The other option would have been to get to our first stop and take extra time off. About 20 miles before the rest area, BB catches back up to me. By then I knew it was her, I'd been watching every white vehicle for the last hour. I knew she ran with the headlines on, no front plate, and a small Nissan.

BB's drivers door is a little loose, the 'door open' warning keeps coming on. We tried taking some pennies on the sensor so it would stay off but no luck yet.

We are making much better time when these things will actually go 65 mph up and down hills. We decide to push on a little further for our lunch stop. OVER 120 miles. :)

We stop at Lost Hills, this time we do find a place to park at the Pilot and eat at Wendy's. (A few days ago with a truck there was no room.) We had time, we took an hour. When we went to leave, BB got ahead of me because the lot was crowded. We had thought of fueling here, but it's a small lot. And when we went to leave cars were back up out to the street and only one lane to get out. With BB in the lead she almost got on the freeway until she saw I wasn't going to follow her.

From Lost Hills we headed to Famoso to CA-99 and a Flying J. Then we'd be able to make it all the way to Barstow cutting out one stop. Taking that route seems to be better / faster than staying on CA-58 from Bakersfield to I-5.

When we pulled out of Pilot in Lost Hills someone got between BB and I. One of the 'In tow' guys. This bunch had a truck towing a truck and then cars loaded in the back of each truck. One of the trucks wasn't a straight truck but a flat bed so I could see all the other stuff they had piled on the load. Looks like the just fill everything as full as they can get it with anything of value to someone. Passed these guys again later after we had fueled.

BB had been watching the weather over the pass east of Bakersfield, they had been forecasting snow but I think it came and left before we got there. Trucks that had been sitting were covered with snow but the roads were clear. It is nice to be able to do the speed limit up the hills instead of dropping to 25-35 mph up the hills.

Where they are working on CA-58 making it a four lane ... when we came through a few days ago we could see where trucks had missed where the road split, the drove over the cones towards oncoming traffic before driving through the dirt to get back on the highway. One truck had made it a few blocks down the road and was sitting backwards on the shoulder when we went past. It must have really been a down pour.

Also when we went past the intersection with US-395, the oncoming traffic was backed up about 2-1/2 miles. (I checked it today) Today I blew through the stoplight at the posted speed, but that might be the first time ever for me.

We got to the motel with about an hour to spare, but we'd need two hours to get to the next town.

Checked in at the Comfort Inn (instead of the Quality where we have stayed) then after a couple of hours walked next door to the Denny's at the Flying J. A little windy today or we may have walked further.

I had breakfast, BB had something off the senior menu.

Breakfest here is not until 6:30 on the weekends, starts at 5 AM during the week. Likely we will wait for breakfast and only be able to make it to Holbrook, AZ tomorrow. It doesn't look like we'll make delivery by Thursday. And now there is an ice storm that we'll catch up to by Tuesday.

Donners Pass is still closed to most traffic, all trucks.