Not to worry I am back. It is only 5:30 pacific time and it has been 3 1/2 hours since we left on our 4 1/2 hour ride to las Vegas. Well we are about 2 hours out from Vegas ..... You do the math. The green machine does not like hills and really hates mountains. Going over the last mountain a 10 speed bike past us and a mother walking her baby in a stroller blew us away. Chip is considering buying a truck and towing it back to Atlanta. Nancy nixed that idea. Things are better at this moment we are going downhill and wind is at our back. Chris aka Sly has finished off the beer and now is sleeping in Murray aka augie dogs lap. He looks so happy and peaceful. We are on i15 passing through the booming town of Baker, all three buildings. We had a scare earlier the bus almost gave out .. But not to worry are car buff Tom aka moondog figured out we needed higher obtain gas. Thank god for Moondog. Chip aka Doobie is just being Doobie, his affection for California drivers continues to grow Just saw a sign 89 miles to Vegas .. Hell that should only take 2 more hours. The good news is once we make Vegas we only have 1,975 miles left to go.