September 9, 2012

September 9, 2012

Before leaving the casino parking lot with the coach, we went for breakfast at McDonalds.  Walmart was just across the street so we went for some last minute supplies.

And, yes, there was a cache there.  I love my iPhone.  After logging our find, we went home, hooked the CRV on, and were soon “On the Road Again.”  

Honk, honk! Yahoo! for California just a little ways from Reno.  It was certainly a much prettier drive than what we endured for the last two days.  Trees are nice.  Maybe I’ll write a poem about a tree.  Oh, no!  I think it has already been done.

We hadn’t been in California very long when Road Construction signs started appearing.  Our direction (west) was split.  Trucks and RVs had to go to the right at the split, which was the left lane of the Interstate going west.  Cars could choose either way at the split.  Most cars shifted to the east bound of I-80 which had been barricaded to have one lane going west and two lanes going east.

Are you still with me?  Just hang in there, OK?  All this was happening because major work was being done on the two right westbound lanes.  There was an 18 wheeler in front of us and between us was a little sports car, a Porsche.

We came to another division in all this mess.  You know how Bill is about sports cars.  He followed the Porsche.  Not a good plan.  I repeat, NOT a good plan.  We were on a very curvy, twisting, winding road through some beautiful forest land.  It would have been a fun drive in that Porsche, but in our “house” it was a different matter.

Finally, we made it to Grass Valley, on to Sacramento, and then onto I-5 to Lodi.  We parked at Flying J and spent the evening watching yesterday’s Oregon Ducks game that Bill had recorded, until my “friend” Dwight called to tell me the Broncos were behind at the half-time.  You can be sure that I called him to be sure he knew the Broncos won!

Today’s Travel Totals: Mileage, 189---Geocaches---1