Road Trip !

Heidi waves Good Bye in the back.

Maggie and I get ready to leave home Monday May 9 @ 0700.  South from Bend to California is driving paradise.  Watch for Deer!

   

We raced a train for many miles between Oregon and California.  The train kept catching up because we had a rest stop and an agricultural inspection. We would end up racing and using a lot of trains before this trip was over.

Shasta is a big mountain but a small town.

The hills between Sacramento and San Francisco, usually brown and bleak were green and rolling; spring is a nice time to see them. 


We drove across the Bay Bridge to surprisingly little traffic.  

But things got more crowded as we drove down the peninsula.  And people down here drive like maniacs.  We were going the speed limit and they were passing on both sides; they wouldn't even let us move over to the right.

We got to San Mateo @ 1630, well ahead of schedule, and  were able to help celebrate Cousin John's 14th birthday.