{"id":41425,"date":"2023-01-04T21:26:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T04:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=41425"},"modified":"2023-01-05T06:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T13:55:38","slug":"day-2023004-uh-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=41425","title":{"rendered":"Day 2023004&#8230;Part 1&#8230;Uh oh&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We woke up fairly early, planning on maybe going all the way.\u00a0 That dream ending quickly when we took the luggage out to the truck.\u00a0 Nada.\u00a0 No clicker for the door, no ummph from the ignition.\u00a0 Someone left their electric baked potato warmer plugged in all night.\u00a0 Back to breakfast and a call to AAA.\u00a0 They responded very fast (in about 1\/4 the estimated time) and got the truck jumped and going&#8230;so fast I forgot to take a photo!\u00a0 A big thanks to Bracken&#8217;s Auto Tech and Tire!\u00a0 So here is a photo from last year to tide you over&#8230;it looks the same, just there was a brick wall behind it at the Hotel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300401-2131701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300401-2131701-600x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300401-2131701-600x157.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300401-2131701-300x79.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300401-2131701-768x201.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300401-2131701-1536x403.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300401-2131701-2048x537.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The snow had covered the mountains nearby, but it was bare and dry down at our level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300402-600x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300402-600x260.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300402-300x130.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300402-768x333.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300402-1536x665.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300402-2048x887.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it was down the road to the Flying J!\u00a0 Two horrendous Rotaries (as they are called on Kauai)&#8230;gas, then back through the Rotaries&#8230;then down the road to Arizona!\u00a0 Or at least the 22 mile Arizona Strip!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course, nothing is that simple.\u00a0 They have such interesting Christmas decorations down in the South&#8230;where palm trees grow&#8230;this photo opportunity came about because, naturally, we got rotaried from the Rotaries&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300403-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300403-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300403-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300403-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300403.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then off to the Strip!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300404-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300404-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300404-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300404-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300404.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Strip is the corner of Arizona that I15 runs through.\u00a0 It is spectacular country, and is beautiful in any weather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300405-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300405-600x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300405-600x165.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300405-300x82.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300405-768x211.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300405-1536x421.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300405-2048x562.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300406-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300406-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300406-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300406-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300406.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300407.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41434\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300407-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300407-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300407-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300407-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300407.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41435\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300408-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300408-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300408-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300408-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300408.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we hit Nevada&#8230;but missed the sign!\u00a0 So here is the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite.\u00a0 When you see the Virgin River Casino, you know you are really in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300409-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41436\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300409-600x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300409-600x162.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300409-300x81.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300409-768x208.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300409-1536x416.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300409-2048x554.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just out of Mesquite we hit a traffic jam.\u00a0 That big white thing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300410.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300410-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300410-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300410-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300410-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300410.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mean, we got to see these neat looking new Amazon vans&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300411-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300411-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300411-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300411-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300411.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and Joshua Trees&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300412-600x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300412-600x233.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300412-300x117.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300412-768x299.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300412-1536x597.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300412-2048x796.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;but 40+ miles before you could pull over???\u00a0 Well, it did move along at around 40MPH or so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300414-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300414-600x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300414-600x437.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300414-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300414-768x560.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300414-1536x1120.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300414-2048x1493.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what was it?\u00a0 Some secret new Air Force spy plane?\u00a0 An alien Spacecraft?\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Just someone&#8217;s very, very expensive party boat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300415.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300415-600x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300415-600x309.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300415-300x154.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300415-768x395.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300415-1536x791.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300415.jpg 1865w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the traffic broke up and we all descended into beautiful&#8230;beautiful?\u00a0 Hack!\u00a0 Cough!\u00a0 Las Vegas!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300416-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300416-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300416-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300416-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2300416.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(All Photos except the first one by the Dailylife Wife!)<\/p>\n<p>~Curtis in Utah, Nevada and Arizona! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We woke up fairly early, planning on maybe going all the way.\u00a0 That dream ending quickly when we took the luggage out to the truck.\u00a0 Nada.\u00a0 No clicker for the door, no ummph from the ignition.\u00a0 Someone left their electric baked potato warmer plugged in all night.\u00a0 Back to breakfast and a call to AAA.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,23,33,67,5,66,8,61,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f150","category-holiday","category-landscapes","category-life-as-a-snowbird","category-on-the-road","category-pad-2023","category-photography","category-rv","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41425"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41494,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41425\/revisions\/41494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}