Interesting first true day out on the road. We left town with the individual males and Race Across the West participants and headed East. I got a little antsy sitting around at Lake Henshaw for three hours again while the video teams edited and posted. I was able to post about 100 more photos, but ultimately was sitting around more than I would have liked.

We had a quick dinner at Time Station 2 in Brawley before heading toward TS3 in Blythe. We were able to get some sunset and night photos of the racers on the way. I didn't have room for the Alien Bee strobes, so I'm just shooting with on-camera speedlight. It's a little under-powered and doesn't provide a modeling light. That means the auto-focus on the camera can't hook up. It was challenging, but I managed to maneuver to get them caught between our headlights, the chase vehicle's lights, and my flash. Still spotty success.

We rolled into TS3 at Blythe, CA around midnight, wrapped up a few things and stretched out on a sidewalk for a couple hours sleep. I noticed in the morning the building I was sleeping in front of the Social Security administration; the irony wasn't lost on me.... Starbuck's, a Clif Bar, and a Colgate Wisp waterless toothbrush for breakfast. On the road again…

We made AZ this morning and should hit UT and possibly CO by day's end. Will be nice to get out of the desert heat.