And it was done.

Trip 2: 5,135 miles, 75 hours driving time (complete)

Now mind you, I do feel empathetic to the idea/concept of karma.

And while Las Vegas was a touch of a disappointment, reality was setting in and I knew I had to get off the road and soon. I left Vegas feeling slightly odd. Disappointed. Sad. Anxious. The reality was, I had been so prepared for the journey itself that I wasn't prepared for being done with the journey. And as I sped down I-15, I had alot of fear and anxiety.

The Illinois part of my life really was past me now. I'm really moving to California. I'm really calling San Francisco home. I don't need to go back to Evanston, Crest Hill, Woodstock, Kankakee, or Arlington Heights.

Yet with all of the anxiety I felt, there was one more day of driving. And it was full of positive karma.

Example? I couldn't drive by one more "world's largest"... the world's largest Thermometer!!


The World's Largest Rectal Thermometer (Owww....)

This thermometer claims to be at the Gateway of the Mojave Desert. I don't know how it's the gateway- you're completely surrounded by the desert at that point- and it wasn't like an actual mammoth freakin' glass and mercury thing. No, it was a digital output tower. Oh well. It qualifies!

I also passed Zzyxz Road. You won't find that on any atlas. (I took a picture, but it stank, so I didn't post it.)

Then to the familiars. Modesto. Bakersfield. I-5. There wasn't as much fog this time. I wish there was. There's nothing to see anyway. I stopped for gas at exactly 5,000 miles in the trip. Then I drove in, under the cover of night, through the evening rush.

Yes, I got lost in Oakland. Had to, just one more time. Wouldn't be me on this trip if I didn't get lost. :)

And then, I arrived home. Jenny and I went out for pizza at a local place in Berkeley. And I slept for 11 hours.