The last leg - on our way back to Gig Harbor. During our stay in Phoenix and Quartzsite we worked on our applications for Russian Visas with the assistance of a visa agency. We finalized the paper work this morning and so our first stop today was the little town of Blythe, CA where we hoped to Fedex/UPS the paper work to that agency. Blythe turned into a bit of a mad-cap affair. On the door of the UPS office was a sign saying they are only open 2 hours a day - 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. We found a Fedex agent but their collection had already happened for the day. Finally at ACE Hardware (who it seems do small items only) we got the days UPS pickup.
From Blythe we headed north along Hwy 95 to the junction with Hwy 40 on our way to the Mojave Desert. The day was a little overcast but the scenery of wide desert valleys and craggy desert mountains was interesting.
The visa agency we selected for our Russian visa is gotoRussia.com