Mojave Smoothie please!

The next day we avoided the entire city of debauchery, gambling, strip clubs, easy money and went to meditate in the desert. We drove south and visited the Mojave National Preserve and took a stop to take a 3 mile walk into the desert at Teutonia Peak Trail. The desert was pretty hot, but much less than in Death Valley. We climbed the slopes of the mountain and got a wonderful View from up there... We returned and stopped for some gas. Apparently a new safety measure has been taken on credit cards! After you let the machine read your credit card, you have to put in your 5 digiprezz code, which is actually your zip code. A European with a 4-digit Visa or Mastercard is thus doomed! Only way to go is find a cashier. As most pumps are fully automated, even that can become tricky! We finally managed at Subway's. Then we ordered a Smoothie and a chicken sandwich at McDoodle, coz at least here we always get free ultrafast wifi Internet, and NOT at our expensive hotel in Vegas... to be continued