And the Winner is...

“Alice”. The winner of the Name the RV contest, that is. Thank you all so much for your hundreds of suggestionss. Oh. What's that? There wasn’t a contest? It was just kind of a random wegottanamethisrattletrap kind of thing? Ummm. Never mind.

Anyway, Alice (remember Alice?) has fallen on hard times lately with a flat tire and an electrical failure of some sort. The battery that runs the lights, fridge, etc. crapped out, so a new one should be in today. Hopefully it’s not a short or something that’s running all the time and we don’t know it yet. Louise has been running around tending to all the necessities, but did manage to spend some time with her friend Maura and wander up and down the Vegas Strip the other night.

After today we’ll be four days in the desert on mostly Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations with unlikely phone or Internet contact, so let’s all keep our fingers crossed that Alice is feeling her old self.

Yesterday Ariel joined us for seven plus hours in the hot sun with some pretty serious hills. We all learned the great hydration lesson (again) and promise to do better, even though we went though about three gallons of water each.

Angie, Logan, Jordan and Sean will be hosing us down tonight in Rockville, UT. It should be a nice ride in, but (of course) mostly uphill. Which brings us to:

The Top Ten Worst Street Names We’ve Come Across:

10. Sunset Ridge
9. Hidden Hill Road
8. Granite Pass
7. Lower Canyon Rd
6. Upper Canyon Rd
5. Los Feliz Terrace (right)
4. La Verkin Twist
3. Crybaby Hill (really)
2. Pearblossom Highway (Darryl can explain why)
And the number one worst street sign of all:
1. Mountain View Road/Avenue/Circle, etc., etc., etc.

Also, the MOST favorite road we've hit so far:

Las Vegas Boulevard, BABY!!