0640 Wake up. Darn! I was hoping to sleep in a bit
today. Oh well. Guess I’m excited to get home. Today is the final day of Big Trip 7 – the longest
one yet.
0730 Kids wake up.
0740 Felisa says that
today is Buddy’s birthday – it’s the day the elves made him before he was
delivered on Christmas.
0808 Breakfast
0845 Leave hotel.
0850 Cloudy this
morning.
0852 Cows – lots of
cows!
0913 Spooner Summit,
7146 feet
0925 Lake Tahoe, Sand
Harbor.
1015 Brr! It is freezing
out there today! Not good beach weather
at all. It is very windy and starting to
sprinkle. Current temperature is 65
degrees.
1035 Construction
stop. One-lane road ahead.
1042 California!
1046 Golf ball just hit
the side of the van! At first we thought
maybe it was the pine cone that the kids accidentally left on the roof but
since we are driving past a driving range I’m pretty sure it was somebody’s
really bad shot that hit us. Ouch!
1108 Donner Memorial
and Emigrant Trail Museum
12:11 p.m. McDs for a
snack and coffee
12:25 p.m. Jo has our
ETA for home to be 6:23 p.m. Lake Tahoe
was pretty but overall I felt the area was just too crowded to be able to enjoy
the nature.
12:26 p.m. Donner
Summit, 7239 feet.
1:19 p.m.
Wienerschnitzel drive-thru.
1:29 p.m. Gas,
$3.79/gallon
1:42 p.m. Is it a
drought year? There is lots of dead
grass, trees, and leaves around. Or maybe this is normal California summer
scenery?
1:50 p.m. Approaching
Sacramento. So much traffic.
2:45 p.m. A car is
speeding and weaving through traffic. Ugh.
3:09 p.m. I just
realized that there was no agriculture inspection station today when we came
into California. I wonder why.
3:12 p.m. Rest stop.
3:46 p.m. Sheep. They are very camoflaged in the brown grass.
3:55 p.m. We must be in
California. Half of the radio stations
are Spanish.
3:56 p.m. Dead
orchard. Sign says “Congress Created
Dust Bowl”
4:50 p.m. Stinky cows
on a feedlot. This a good reminder to
buy organic beef and buy it from small local farmers if possible. Seeing these feedlots is always a good
reminder since I have a tendency to stray away from the good beef during the
year. Time to get back on the right path
to good food!
4:58 p.m. Pleasant
Valley State Prison. Interesting name for a prison…
5:17 p.m. Off of I-5
onto Highway 41. The gas prices are insane at this exit - $4.22/gallon. Should’ve stopped somewhere else but didn’t
want to make an extra stop.
5:23 p.m. Carls Jr for
dinner. The bathroom here is huge for a
fast food place. I wonder if they get a
lot of traffic here because of the highway junction.
5:59 p.m. Pomar
Junction at highways 33 and 41. There is
a nice, new gas station here that even has a playground. Current temperature, 95 degrees.
6:12 p.m. Carmax
commercial makes a slur against scrapbooking.
Grr!
6:13 p.m. San Luis
Obispo County! Getting closer!
6:21 p.m. Antelope
6:46 p.m. Passing the
mid-state fair in Paso Robles.
7:19 p.m. Look! It’s the
ocean!
7:25 p.m. Arroyo
Grande, CA. Elevation 114 feet.
7:30 p.m. Stop at
Albertsons for milk. The kids want to go
home first but I don’t want to have to make another trip out tonight. Once I’m home, I want to stay there.
7:46 p.m. Home sweet
home!
Total Miles for the
trip this year: 9,127
Total words blogged:
17,337
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