After a quick stop at a bank we did a 45 minute walk around the Arden Way Mall, waiting for Nordstrom to open. Just as promised, Wendy had the replacement jacket ready and after a few calls to accounting figured out how not to charge me sales tax. Excellent service as always.
With a Starbucks in hand we headed South on Interstate 5. This is the third year in a row we have taken the same route and whatever appeal it once had is gone. Except for Anderson Split Pea Soup about two hours out of Sacramento in Santa Nella (not Buellton as I said yesterday.) As always, we stopped for a bowl of their best and a little walkabout.
Yesterday I set a goal to pay less than $4.50 a gallon for gas. It was close, but I did find $4.49.
Once into Bakersfield we headed East on Highway 58 towards Tehachapi. Along the way is the famous Tehachapi Loop, a railroad engineering marvel. Completed in 1876, the track passes over itself to lessen the grade over the mountains. After passing through a tunnel, a train will circle passing over the tunnel and gaining altitude. Any train over 4,000 feet long will pass over itself. Today for the first time we saw a train approaching the loop and a short drive off the freeway took us to a spot where we could watch the train do its thing.
Dinner was Mexican and not all that good. Tomorrow we are off to La Quinta to visit Redmond friends for a few days. 362 miles today.
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