Day 11: NV to NM

Got up and out of the casino, driving into California. I have to say, the Mojave Desert is one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. I got off the highway onto Cima Road, which runs parallel to a train track skirting the Providence Mountain range. There was a forest of Joshua trees and the road was filled with those bouncing dips that make your stomach lurch a bit. It was a ton of fun to drive those at 60 mph. My warning light was still on but I was choosing to hope it would go away with some higher quality gasoline. I made it to Kelso, CA, to discover that the haunted rail station had been turned into a National Park center with rangers and a working lunch counter inside. Here is the outside...




I got some hot dogs and toured the place. The only creepy feeling I got was in the basement by myself but that soon passed. I really enjoyed my time there and it was an unexpected highlight of the trip to date. I drove on into Arizona and, after much roaming, found the graveyard "beside the Best Western" (actually a mile down the road). You are supposed to get weird stuff in your pictures when you take them there. Maybe it is only at night...



Tell me if you spot anything untoward. Next up, I drove into New Mexico and found Albuquerque crawling with cops. I mean just tons, everywhere. This would be foreshadowing for my next day. But I am getting ahead of myself.

I was trying to get to Maria Teresa's haunted Mexican restaurant and found it had changed names and was closed at 9pm. What is up with the damn haunted Mexican restaurants? One doesn't open until 4pm and the other is long closed by 9pm? I am beginning to think I will never know the taste of a haunted burrito. I snapped a pic and headed off to my hotel, to try and get a little shut eye.



Josh