I woke up this morning thinking that yesterday was chock full of picturesque events - picking up shirts and track jackets, the tour's first circle, secret pal gifts, saying goodbye, and a show in Bakersfield. Today was scheduled to be a long ride on the bus ending up at a hotel in St. George, UT, - nothing much picturesque.

Was I ever wrong. We started the day with a great pancake, bacon, and eggs breakfast cooked by the First UMC; We drove to Baker for lunch (at 103 degrees - far short of the 120-degree record four years ago), but then Bus #1 had trouble going up hills - it could only creep along. We'd stop, cool off the engine, drive a few miles and stop again. The bus company arranged dinner for us in Las Vegas at a Pizza Restaurant, and then a bus swap. This all worked and as I write this at 8:45PM, we're about an hour and a half from St. George!

Note that we are now on Mountain Daylight time.

July 24th Route

The Day's Site Information

Sleeping room number 3 of 7.

Sleeping room number 4.

The church just after sunrise.

Dirk's always original and always entertaining wake up call! (~7:00AM)

Sleeping room number 1, just before wake up call.

Sleeping room number 1, just after wake up call.

Hose showers - a long-time Starfire tradition!

This was a first! Coffee delivered before breakfast!!!

Some of the early-morning runners.

Kari - The Birthday Girl! (Happy Birthday Kari)

Collecting lost and found items.

Some items are modeled for easier recognition!

Working on the lift on Marian's van before we left. (Harold and CJ had it working in the morning, but it balked at lunch - something was going around today.)

Bonus Pictures from the 24th

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