Santa Nella to Kingman ... on our way to Williamsport, PA with a city bus.

Breakfast was the same as yesterday. No other drivers here last light.

1st stop at the rest area in Coalinga. Other than being really dry, there is not much new from the last trip six months ago.

... When we came out from the restroom, we noticed a huge puddle under the bus, size of a serving plate. This bus has three cooling systems and the sight glass for one of them was down. I could see where something had been dripping from but never saw a drip. It was quite a large puddle for only being there 10 minutes. Now warning lights and no water to add so we moved on.

Actually got to pass a few trucks, this bus only goes 55 mph, drops to 45 mph on the steeper hills but holds its own on the more gradual slopes.

2nd stop is at PJ's at the Flying J in Tehachapi, we split the meatloaf meal, same as other times. Came back out to the bus and there was only a little puddle under the bus, about the size of a quarter, and the sight glass was up again.

CA-58 is ALMOST done. They are still working on the second bridge over the railroad so it is one lane each way over the bridge that is done. Pilot still seemed to have business even though it is further from the highway now.

Did see two people walking along this stretch, one had a two wheeled cart and the other was pulling his grocery cart. Not sure what is on these people's minds when they decide to move from one place to the other.

3rd stop is in Barstow for fuel, CNG at the city pump. Down to one set of pumps, the other pumps have the hoses taken off. My guess is that the city uses these pumps so not much chance that they will drop the up-keep completely. When the pump shut off, the computer crashed, or maybe that is why the pump shut off. Either way, I was not able to get a receipt for my fuel so I took pictures to send in for reimbursement, hope that is not an issue.

4th stop was in Needles at the Subway. Two and a half hours, likely the longest we will go between stops the whole trip.

5th stop is the PEO in AZ

... it is open, hasn't been a few times lately. But they are working out of a temp office. The guy checking was standing outside. He asked me to turn my tires, he looked at something and then said I was good to go. I wasn't. I needed a permit, so I pulled around and went inside and waited in line. Always interesting. 1st were the drivers getting over sized permits talking about other drivers. Then a driver that had gotten pulled in had to give his ELD, Electronic Log, to the officer. A few minutes later I hear the officer saying ... this signature for this load looks a lot like yours, and this picture of the person who signed for the load looks a lot like you ... and your log says you were off duty that day. Didn't stick around to hear the rest. Lot already had a few trucks that were spending the night due to violations.

6th and final stop is in Kingman, AZ

... Quality Inn. A lot cheaper than the Best Western. We've stayed here before, always the same night clerk. And again I have to get him to print my NM permit. We look at our room number wrong and walk all the way around the building before getting to our room. We are parked right next to a Volvo bus, driven by the company out of St. Cloud. I will have to look up the story on them.