(Victorville, CA): August 6 The brakes were indeed "shot" and needed to be replaced, which took a little longer than we had planned on. We didn't leave Ventura until about 4 pm and had no idea where we might stay for the night. Looked in on the Camperworld in Castaic but parking lot was filled already. We kept driving and checking for a RV-friendly WalMart. It was really too hot to stop until at least sunset as we would have no electric hook-up and therefore no air conditioning. We wound up on the edge of the Mojave Desert in Victorville CA. It was our first night driving with the RV in tow and our first Wally parking lot stay and (panic!?) there were no other RVs there. In spite of our anxiety about what that might mean, we stayed. And were thrilled to verify that we could put out the slides, run the overhead fans, etc. It was only about an hour before the cool temps of the nighttime desert set in anyway.
Up early to head up 395 through miles and miles of desert. The price of gas was the lowest we have seen in the trip.
