Tuesday: (02/17) Another foggy morning. We were up early, enjoyed some oatmeal for breakfast and then finished packing up to roll. We took care of the tanks and hooked up the Jeep and were on the road at 0910. We even had some rain sprinkles once we were on the road. That or we knocked some water out of the air with our windshield. We took our usual path to Bakersfield via Highway 166 from Santa Maria through Cuyama. Cuyama is from a Chumash Indian word meaning To Rest or To Wait. The hills were nice and green. A few miles up the road the skies cleared and we finally saw our shadows. We stopped in New Cuyama for lunch. Lou made ham sandwiches. We walked around "town" and noted that the restaurant was nicely remodeled but a little higher priced than we like. Maybe next visit. Of course, as we crested the mountains on the far side of the Cuyama Valley we were looking down at a horrible blanket of smog that covers the Southern San Joaquin Valley and Bakersfield. That does shorten our visits recently. Since Aunt Helen was busy when we arrived Lou and I stopped in at a giant Walmart and a Lowe's for a look around. Hardware stores are one of our most common entertainment locations. We all went to the Chinese Buffet a few blocks from Helen's for dinner.
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