We had driven again, all day/night. Flagstaff to a random southern California town, Coalinga and the Bestwestern parking lot. We had tried to stop in a town a couple of miles south, Avenal but were pulled over doing a u-turn in the fire station driveway. It had been a really long day of driving and we were just looking for a hotel parking lot off of Hwy 5 to rest in for a couple of hours. The officer that pulled us over was really nice actually, but warned us from staying overnight in Avenal. He actually told us quite pointedly that we were probably not safe in that town at all. So, we took the hint and drove north to Coalinga, where the cop said there was a really nice truck stop and diner.
We never found either of those things, we just found the nearest anonymous hotel lot and crashed out. Early, early next morning we stumbled out of the van and into the nearby sandy abandoned lot. The sun was just coming up over the horizon and the hum of semi trucks was starting to fill the air. Onward.
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