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After breakfast in the motel we left L.A. today. The weather forecast, which was requested short before starting, told us of temperatures up to 40° Celsius during the next days – what more can one expect…

Barely started we first had congestion at the freeway. Ok, we didn’t really stand there, but moved very slowly, and that on 4 to 5 lanes. But this went over, actually quite fast (the other direction of the freeway had longer to struggle with it), and we reached a gas station to fill up after about 40 minutes. Then we went on north, towards today’s destination – Fresno.

After a little more than one hour we left the freeway to get something for lunch time. The subs were tasty again, and then we looked around in several shops of a plaza. And – of course – we found something to buy, this time shoes. Following this we stopped at a Starbucks and had some great coffee, before going for the remaining part of today’s trip.

About two hours later we saw the first Fresno exit, and after some minutes we had to leave the highway. And not far away we arrived at our motel, a Days Inn. A nice and big motel, and we got two rooms with a connecting door again – with other words a large double room. They also had a well-sized pool, what especially made our youngest one happy.

After a short break we went off for dinner. A suitable restaurant was found quite fast, a Chinese one again – the Shanghai Chinese Cuisine. The meals were really big, although there were some ambiguities at the beginning. It tasted very well – and if we go there again we only order half the amount…

On the way back we bought something to dring and spent a nice evening at the motel, tob e ready for tomorrow’s tour.

Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Departure from L.A. - all that has to fit into the car

On the freeway
On the freeway

Along the freeway, surrounded by mountains

On the freeway
On the freeway

...and suddenly the mountains disappeared

On the freeway
On the freeway

We also got to see such treasuries

On the freeway
On the freeway

At roadside endless areas with wine and orchards

Fresno
Fresno

Impressions on our way to dinner