Log from the road
Sunday
Packing, cleaning house, dinner party, movies, hanging out with friends, complimentary airport shuttle driver, cheesecake delivery service, etc. Finally made it to bed around 2am.
Monday
5:15 am Left Portland in my trusty Saturn with enough bottled water, PBJ sandwiches, tortilla chips, Mtn. Dew, smokes, music CD’s, and audio books to make it to Mexico, even though I was only driving as far as the Bay Area of California.
6:55 am Rest area in Eugene. First Mtn. Dew. Email to family that I am en route.
7:29 am (129.2 miles) Rest area in Cottage Grove. Roads are foggy but fine.
8:45 am (208.4) Fuel stop in Canyonville. Jet fuel coffee and a microwaved breakfast burrito that I should have never checked the fat content on. Mom called to make sure trip was going well. Finished audio book of Horatio’s Drive.
10:10 am (284.2) Stop in Medford / Phoenix at the outlet malls because there was a craft shop I liked there. Craft shop is gone, but discovered there *was* one of my favorite coffee drive-throughs: Dutch Bros. Their Kahula Kicker drinks are simply amazing. Flirted with baristas and hit the road again. Singing Chris Isaak very poorly and very loudly, but still much fun.
11:15 am (352.7) Rest area in Weed, CA. Happy that I had no problems going over the Siskyou pass.
11:30 am (360.7) Drove through the business loop of Weed looking for a place to sell me postcards and stamps. Could only find the postcards.
1:10 pm (452.7) Rest area in Red Bluff. Email to family that I am more than halfway there. Start listening to “Spy Who Loved Me” on audio book.
2:18 pm (525.0) Rest area in Winters. Check email.
2:50 pm (552.9) Fuel stop in Dunnigan. Love the audio book but attention span is short.
3:38 pm (611.0) Rest area in Vallejo. Realizing I won’t make it by 4 like I was hoping. Hit hellaciously bad traffic through Berkeley on my way to 880.
5:30 pm (688.1) Arrive in Campbell, California desperately wanting a nap and shower. Hooray! I made it! Dad and Karen very happy to see me. LOVE their new home, but their driveway rosebushes bite hard.
Wow….when you say the crack of dawn, you really mean it! When I say the crack of dawn, I’m lucky if I leave before noon!!
And hey…..you drove right past our house at about 4pm…and didn’t even stop to say hello? ((*wink*)) Really I’m kidding….I’ve done that drive so many times, I know exactly what it’s like to get to the end of that drive……there’s no stopping, you just want to get THERE!
Anyway, I’m glad you made it safe…..and it looks like you made good time too (you weren’t speeding were you??! *wink*)