road trip

Recently I learned that if you break a 14-hour drive into two days, you can make it into an 18-hour drive. Apparently we are entirely too willing to stop and look at stuff and check out nearby gas prices. Thus I can report that campgrounds around Lake Havasu appear to be glorified parking lots in a water-filled gully, which you could almost not design to better trap exhaust and barbeque fumes. In contrast, the Hole-in-the-Wall campground in the Mojave National Preserve was practically deserted, had great air, and fantastic views. We even got a little chilly during the night, despite the fact that we were deliberately hanging around the desert in August.