Barstow

We left Vegas amid sunshine and a slight breeze to head for Death Valley and then Bakersfield. As we got just a few miles from Vegas the weather took a dramatic turn and although sunny the wind was wild...we were literally flung around as it gusted from one side of us to the other! Nigel decided after listening to my screams to do  U-Turn and try a more southerly route. Unfortunately this meant him missing out on Death Valley :(
As we travelled on the weather just got wilder and wilder until my poor nerves would take no more! We pulled into a McDonalds to try and book a local hotel and according to the weather forecast we found out that there was a severe weather warning out for the area.
So hotel booked we stopped in Barstow and headed out for tea, hoping that tomorrow is a bit less wild!