Loooong Car Ride from CA to AZ

I had a loooong 12 hour car ride to Arizona to attend to some business. You would not believe all the signs I saw that had to do with animals. There were ads for the San Diego Zoo, lots of exit signs to roads like Big Bear Rd, Quail Run, or Crazy Horse Rd, and signs for insurance companies with animals on their ads. Practically every other sign had something to do with an animal. Next time you're driving from San Francisco on the I-5 or I-10 going from the L.A. area to Arizona, take a close look. Our 12 hour car ride included lots of pit stops at fast food restaurants to get a quick bite to eat, to stretch our legs, or to let my dad out to pee.

Since the trip was for business, I didn't get many fun pictures to show you, but here are a few I managed to take.

If you look closely at my lunchbox, you will see it has lots of doggies on it!


Yikes!! This was in Blythe, California, basically out in the middle of nowhere. When I saw this sign, I was afraid my parents were dropping me off at the prison. Well, we went right past the prison, thank dogness. As for the hitchhiker sign, it sure scared me. We did see a chihuahua with a guy (ex-convict or escapee?) on the side of the road... I was tempted to help out my fellow dog... but in the end, I drove past them. I hope I did the right thing. Poor doggie out in the middle of the desert.


Double Yikes!! Whoa, Bees? Where? Are these killer bees? I will not be stopping for water, no sir! The middle of nowhere is not a friendly place.


Triple Yikes!! What's animal abandonment? Oh, ok, my mom just explained it to me. Why on earth would anyone abandon their pet? And why would anyone drive all the way TO THE DESERT to abandon their pet?


Judging from those signs we just saw earlier, I don't think Arizona is very welcoming.


I like car rides, but this is just way too long. Oh, I love blankies, I love to get on tiptop of the blankies so I can be Queen of the Blankies, oh so sleepy.....


Dad, what are ya doing behind my back? (this is not a very flattering picture of me, but my mom insisted that I post it)


I finally get my OWN bed!! (by the way, this bed is a small twin size bed. It is NOT a queen bed as the picture angle might indicate. I am not that big!)


Don't I look nice against the colorful bedspread?


I am so tired from running around all day on business.


At first I thought these were horsies. Upon closer look at their faces, I thought they were donkeys. But, donkeys are not supposed to be as big as horsies. Later, I showed someone my horse/donkey pic, and they said the animal might be a Mule or a Hinny which is a cross between a horse and a donkey. Well, ya learn something new everyday, eh?


These gas prices in Arizona are ridiculously low. You'll see further down in the pics what California prices are.



Ah yes, our lovely California gas prices. NOT! Yikes!!! This is not good for my dog car trips.

Oh yeah, in AZ, there were a LOT of mosquitos out DURING THE DAY TIME!!! What's up with that? We only have them in our area at night time. And, I did not see any body of water in AZ anywhere, no way, no sir! Maybe where we stayed in AZ, the next door neighbor had pet mosquitos in the backyard, like Hershey's neighbor has.