Got the last four of my new tires installed today, so I am very happy. No more worries about blowouts and no more "white knuckle" driving! After two blowouts, you start feeling like every vibration or rough feel on your tires is a potential blowout in the making. It will take a while for me to be more confident again, but at least I have good tires now.
Also, I got the last walk-in spot at this particular Joshua National Park campground, so that makes me happy also. Going to do some walking around here that I missed last time--when I locked my keys in my vehicle and had to wait three hours to get road service because I had picked the worst part of the park to do that.
Turned the southWEST corner of the U.S. and slowly headed east from now on.