Hi from Oakland...

...Oakland, Oregon, that is ;-) Am 162 miles along my route, at a nice grassy rest area with plaques that teach about the history of the local Cow Creek branch of the Umpqua tribe. They resisted US government efforts to displace them from their land in the 1800's.

Pretty day for driving, with low drifts of fog highlighting the hillsides. I saw an odd sight north of Eugene... there seemed to be a small black cloud swooping back and forth above the highway in the distance, almost as if a gauzy dark cloak were caught in a wind draft. When I got closer, I could see that the cloud was made up of thousands of discrete dots flying in unison. Whether they were very small birds or rather large bugs, I couldn't tell, as the cloud headed west before I got to that segment of road. Any ideas?

trip progress

285 miles along, at the Shasta Vista turnout, albeit without a view of Shasta (it's foggy!) The Siskiyou pass was dry.

South of Redding

Made it to Redding by nightfall, and did a bit of geocaching. Did catch a glimpse of Shasta further along my route, and had good views of Black Butte and Lassen as well.

Am fortified with a rest and a frappucino, and am heading south again. 430 miles along, 200 to go :-)

Home

Good to be home, catching up with housemates, and no longer going 70mph... :-)