Blair wrote:

weather turned to crap

Yeah, it's 55G65 here at Mojave now, and cold. Pretty miserable. 40
kts in Tehachapi with snow :-).

Marc, regarding Tehachapi pass, how does that compare to Tejon pass?
My planned route was to follow 5 to Gorman and then turn to Palmdale.

Tejon pass is lower and less windy (usually), as is western Antelope
Valley, but going over BFL/TSP/MHV/PMD rather than Gorman/PMD keeps
you closer to airports - there's nothing in the western Antelope
Valley. 8500 ft. over Tehachapi is higher than anything surrounding
you, and keeps you high enough to stay out of the worse turbulence
down lower - you're 3K ft. over the windmill ridge.

Plus, Tehachapi is prettier :-).

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Marc J. Zeitlin