On the way from Gila Bend, there is a huge solar array. Unfortunately, the darkness of night prevented me from seeing it.  I arrived at the rest area 31 miles from the supercharger in Gila Bend at 11:45pm Sunday night with odometer at 23,320 and temp at 96 degrees and 151 range remaining.

I awoke at 6:45am and washed up. A woman asked me if I had jumper cables… she was returning from Colorado to California.  I called my Tucson buddy who was on his way to meet me here and confirmed that he did have jumper cables. But, no sooner than I was off the phone, another fellow in a pickup helped jumpstart her car to get them on their way.

While I waited for my friend, I typed up the previous blog posting. He arrived just as I was typing the last sentence. We spoke for about an hour to catch up on our lives. I will look forward to his newest online book to be released soon entitled “Repose”.  It is about the amazing healing powers that he documents from a specific open stance when performed three times each day for only 7 minutes. I also can highly recommend his previous book, “The Way of Play” which is further emphasized with the nonprofit he began called “Play Haven”. I have yet to visit this place in Tucson… just waiting for that Tucson area supercharger!!

I set up my solar panels in the back of the car to collect some electricity for charging my camera batteries. Then at 10:10am I left for Yuma, AZ with temp up to 97 degrees and range down to 146.  The drive to Yuma went quickly with just over 80 miles to travel and only one slower construction area. Also, this was one of the few construction areas where there were actually workers getting the job done! From my experience on this trip, I would estimate that 90% of the areas with coned off construction had NOBODY working. It seems that road travel would be a lot more efficient without all of these excess closures. Just close the lanes when you are present to work on them! Any comments about this?

The road to Yuma is pretty much desert, but there was one oasis called Dateland where lots of date palms were growing at Exit 67. As I neared Yuma, the landscape included jaggedy gray mountains all around me. One mile after Exit 1 was the California Exit 172 to bring me to the Yuma, AZ supercharger. It was fun going from AZ to CA and back into AZ within a few minutes.  I arrived at the chargers at 11:25am with 53 range and odometer at 23,407. The temp was 101 degrees but by noon it was up to 105 degrees!

I put on sunscreen and walked across the parking lot to check out the very cool train locomotive on site: Southern Pacific 2521. I braved the heat and strolled along the Colorado River in Yuma Quartermaster State Historic Park. After a quick stop in the Hilton Garden Inn to cool off in the air conditioning and use a restroom, I headed back to the car to type up this posting. I will head to Quartzsite, AZ next with a possible stop at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Leaving at 1:30pm with 206 range,  Frugal Tesla