Heading for Nogales and the border tomorrow

Yesterday was another day of non stop driving. I love road trips under certain conditions which feature great weather, no rain but not too sunny, no snow and especially no other cars or trucks on the road. So far none of these ideal conditions have been met but I'm still hopeful.
We got to the outskirts of L.A. when it was starting to get dark. Stan was tired of driving and I was tired of sitting watching him drive. It was very difficult trying to find a motel so close to L.A. thus we had to settle for one in the lap of luxury, that is luxurious by our standards but really it was quite posh. We went swimming in the good size pool and sampled the hot tub. We opted for microwaved soup in our room. There was nothing around and we were too tired to brave the traffic again. The driving is incredibly fast, everybody is in a terrible rush to get to wherever they're going. A very stressful life with these endless freeways, not something I would enjoy on a permanent basis. A couple of observations:
there must be over a million acres of almonds and pistachios planted which is weird since neither of those is a staple food. We just wondered what they do with all those nuts! Our little orchards in the Okanagan are so
puny in comparison, 10 acres is considered quite big. Here we're talking hundreds of acres planted with one single crop.
We finally made it to Yuma, looked for our friend Karl but it was too dark and he had given me pretty sketchy directions. We opted for the Ramada this time and are quite happy. We had our first Mexican meal, it brought back fond memories. Yuma almost feel like Mexico. A lot of the working population is Hispanic, with all the gringos sampling the good life in their RV parks. There are literally dozens and dozens of those. Again not for us but they seem quite happy, it does beat the cold and snow.
We'll be in Mexico the day after tomorrow, it should be smooth sailing. Adios for now.