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January 19, 2018, NAST-1 Safety Tour--a real live camp grounds in the woods and nature...most of the places we park are usually right off the road and just big parking lots...”trailer parks!”  But we got a treat this time with this real camping grounds..we had to make a detour because as we approached Nevada, there was a road block preventing all large vehicles or trucks from entering the roads without tire chains.  Yup, you got it...there were street vendors at the side of the roads selling tire chains. 

We decided to make a change of plans and skip Nevada...since we didn’t know what conditions were there with a snowstorm.  We ended up going back to Northern California and it made it pleasant to find this real campground to park for while....but you guessed it!!! NO WiFi! 

January 18-19, 2017;  NAST-1 Safety Tour-Another storm which made us have to change our trip plan.  We had to miss going to Carson City and Las Vegas, NV because of the storm and treacherous roads making it impossible to drive.  I thought our winters in New England were bad...try California snow!

We started the leg back and since we skipped Nevada, we went straight to Fort Worth, TX to rest for the weekend and be prepared for our meeting Monday morning with the TXDOT.

Sunday, January 15, 2017--Sunny California...finally we were able to relax since the following day is Martin Luther King Jr. day and every municipal department is closed.  Good thing we brought our bikes and we were able to go about and do some shopping.  Yes...bikes, since it’s very difficult to navigate the 60-ft Command Center to short trips to the mall or grocery store!  lol..

January 12-13, 2017 El Paso, TX to Long Beach, CA ...California here we come.  Probably the longest leg we have traveled so far.  But excited to get to Sunny California.  We had great reception in Texas with our El Paso DOT professionals going through our Mobile Showroom, some two and three times.  The receptionist came out too at the end to see what all the excitement was all about.  She said, everyone was very impressed.  Once again we are educating the pedestrian and road traffic industry on alternative solutions for road safety.

January 18, 2017 NAST-1 Safety Tour--hazards of a road trip is the weather and the roads sometimes.  As we are leaving San Francisco to start heading to Nevada...this is the rain storm that we went through.  Notice the streams of water from the torrential rainstorm.  We were in the 60-ft Command Center and felt safe being so high up from the ground.  Hopefully, we’ll pass the storm but we are hearing that there is major snow as we head through the mountains of Northern California towards Nevada....SNOW??? we thought we left that back home in New England!

January 16, 2017 NAST-1 Safety Tour...driving through San Francisco...notice the erosion happening right next to the road we were driving on.  Pretty scary. ..and who doubts there is global warming???

 We had a great meeting though with the professionals at the Department of Transportation on Northern California...will report on it more...but once again, our challenge is to find strong broadband throughout the trip.

January 13, 2017--on the road again.  809 miles from El Paso, TX to Long Beach...a day and night road..many times endless evening driving..especially when point to point is over 11 hours. 

Tuesday, January 10--over 8 hours later we finally arrived in El Paso and to our delight it was up to 80 degrees.  In the evening it dropped to 50...but we welcomed that considering it was in the mid 20s in other parts of Texas.    Keep coming back for photos of our meetings.  and we PROMISE we will have some of the customers we met.