I hardly slept. I was so excited to get going that I probably got 5 hours of sleep, so at 5 am I was up & tested out the shower.
then I hit the road & headed east.
My plan was to drive east on I-10 and then turn north at Blythe, California. From there it was north across the Mohave and then turn east towards Kingman, AZ, Flagstaff AZ & stop near Albuquerque NM for the night.
The route-

The sunrise was fantastic-

I stopped in Blythe for breakfast and then drove north through the desert-

this boat has some huge mirrors!

I was tracking my mileage and averaged, 8.4 mpg going uphill to Flagstaff and 11.3 downhill/level after that.
I stopped at
Meteor Crater to see that up close- (the parking lot looking west)

At the rim-

I stopped just west of Albuquerque for the night and slept a bit better.
The next morning I stopped at the top of Raton Pass for a border sign welcome shot-

I drove to Denver through very windy conditions and stopped at Camping World in Colorado Springs to get what I need to seal up the roof sealant....