I leave at 7:00 in the AM.  I headed on up I-15 to Baker and collected the stamp for the Mojave Desert N Pres.  I then cut south across the preserve, even traveled a bit on old US66, and eventually get to Joshua Tree NP.  Even though the VC is outside of the park, I decide to cruise south through.  They even had a little Joshua Tree stamp.  I got to use my pass I had bought a few weeks before for the first time, saving the $5 fee.  (Let’s see, a $50 pass, plus shipping just to save $5 – won’t get my money’s worth for some time).  Cruising through the park at 45 and 35 mph is tough, especially after cruising at substantially higher speeds through the desert.  After I reach I-10, I head on to Indio and stop by a small museum that had a US99 exhibit until the end of the month.  Then I continued on the super slab to get home.  I reflected on how I will be traveling both I-15 and I-10 often in the next few months.  Total for the day was 527 miles, 2 stamps, 2 parks, and one more day.  I got home around 6:00.

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