January 31, 2005; Tuscon, Arizona

After putting some finishing touches on the site, I left Barb and Tom’s in El Paso. Mesa, Arizona is the next destination. The ride was uneventful; Saguaro and the like. However, I did enjoy a bottle of Sioux City Sarsaparilla (for you Lebowski fans out there).

I got as far as Tucson before darkness got the better of me, and I stayed at the cheapest hotel I could find. Well, the second cheapest. The cheapest came complete with cars on blocks and five guys in the parking lot huddling around a fire contained in a fifty gallon drum.