Dateline: Parks, AZ, May 20

Ack! And the worst part is that Pismo Beach is 135 miles north of LA!

Dateline: The Mojave Desert, CA, May 20

The heat! The isolation! When will we be back in civilization and out of this arid barren hell!

I didn't take pictures of the Mojave. This is a dirt parking lot. But it's almost the same thing.

Dateline: Needles, CA, May 20

Supposed where Snoopy's brother and littermate lives, and a scary place to buy gas, as is all California. Suddenly *Prius's become much more common on the highways.

(*The Prius is Toyota's electric/gas hybrid car that gets up to 50 mpg.)

Dateline: Pismo Beach, CA, May 20

I just like the name. "Pismo Beach." Hahahhahahaha!

Nice place to set up a tent.

Dateline: Pismo Beach, CA, May 20

Marie Callender's is a chain restaurant out west, but it's become a Rich tradition to have their pie wherever we go. Razzleberry a la mode - somebody get me a bib.

Dateline: Pismo Beach, CA, May 20

My name is Nancy and I not only put this tent all by myself, but I kicked the ass of that piece of pie that attacked me one panel ago.

Dateline: Pismo Beach, CA, May 20

RoadPuppy becomes BeachPuppy. And ran and ran and ran and ran....

Dateline: Pismo Beach, CA, May 20

... and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran...

Dateline: Pismo Beach, CA, May 20

... then she dropped.