cali to st. george and back

[rteague]

left bakersfield saturday morning at 2 am. Lots of thunder lightning and rain. I got over the Tehachapi mountains without hail and the storm let up and I said to my passenger how it was going to be easy from here. 30 miles later the thunder, lightning, and buckets of water started and stayed with us until outside of lost wages. I had a very small leak in the windshield seal above me on the left. not a problem. Had fresh air vent open. big problem. some water on my leg until I closed. when the dew point/humidity got close my windshield would fog. Put on heater/defrost with some success. I remembered if you put on ac it would dry out some and tried that with heaters/defrost and found the combination. Some fog and strips of water on the road kept things interesting. There is construction outside of Las Vegas with no divider reflectors and barrels in the road that was hard to figure out. Finally it got light and the storm let up outside of Las Vegas and I kicked it up to 120 and flew into St. George with my eye on the valentine one. I came back 2 days later and got to drive 100 + when safe. I have Michelin Pilot a/s and glad of it. For those that haven't driven between St. George and Las Vegas on I-15, everyone goes fast. I passed a fully loaded hay truck that was going 90 mph. If he loses hes load people die for 2 miles behind him. How many 20+ year old cars can you drive like this and have fun? Got my authentication paper from Porsche. The sticker price on my car in 1984 was 45,470.00. Divide the national debt now by the national debt then and then multiply the price and that is approximately what the cost would be today.

[andfar]

No pics? Let us know about the defroster/ac combo to defog windshield.

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1986 Porsche 911 Targa

[rteague]

to busy being scared sht-les to take pictures of storm. turn ac blower high and temp low. heater levers between seats high red lever on dash all the way to right. ac removes moisture.

[amarillo73]

How did you like I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge? It's a great ride in a P-car while watching for waiting highway patrol cars. Although not a calm ride during a bad storm as you described, weather here lately has been picky, sorry...it is usually perfect in Dixie!

[rteague]

Great to here from you. My house in Kayenta is 2 weeks away from being finished. I am moving there on the 1st of november. If you are in Ivins you are close! came in on the back road from beaver dam. r.t.

[amarillo73]

Great area of the valley to move into. I have been here only two years from Park City and love every day. Funny, I was on the Hwy 91 back road yesterday, straight road and no traffic. Probably see each other from time to time passing by in a blurrrrrrrrr..... Had breakfast last Saturday at Coyote Gulch at your homeowners garage sale day.

[rteague]

I was there having breakfast also saturday. For those not familiar with the drive it's not around the corner it's 6 hrs no matter how you drive.

[amarillo73]

Hey....wait a minute, I was around the back when a dark P-car drove in the back entrance and went to the parking lot. I was across from you in the lot with wife in the white Saturn Vue, how come you didn't notice me???? ha, ha, ha... anyway, small world isn't it.

[rteague]

very small. what a great board this is. that was me back entrance black m491. r.t.

[sammyg2]

Oh yeah, virgin river gorge on the I-15. I always manage to have the wife driving during that stretch so i can look at the cliffs. Nothing like it anywhere.
it almost backfired the first time because she looked up and got dizzy, almost lost control of the car. i had to grab the wheel to keep it on our side. From then on she learned not to look up.

I would retire to St. George except a whole bunch of californians moved there, built huge mansions, and drove the real estate price sky high.
I actually like cedar city better but the same thing is happening there.
Damn californians. They can sell their house for a mil and build a huge place in Utah for the same amount.

good thing they haven't got to Idaho falls yet, that's where I plan to retire in 5-10 years depending on where the kids decide to go to college.

[rteague]

ours is 2400 sq ft. no mansion. just looked at a house for our daughter 1600 sq ft beautiful clean for 150k. not true about prices too high. If you can't aford 150k maybe you should work harder.