After several relaxing days in Oakland, today felt like a LONG time in the car, almost entirely spent on I-5 as I drove to Eugene OR. The northern 100 miles of California and the entire drive in Oregon was beautiful, …

These days were spent in and around Oakland, largely just hanging out at the house and relaxing in good company. Saturday morning, Haley and I went to a favorite walking spot with great views, a place that according to the …

This was the final day of driving to get to my initial destination, Oakland CA, and I may not be making regular entries again until next Wednesday … we’ll see how time goes. Today was a reasonably easy one, traveling …

If you had told me I’d still be driving through desolate scrublands today, I wouldn’t have believed you. But that’s exactly what today held – hours of scrub and desert and little in the way of rest areas or service …

I have photos today! And here’s the route overview: I started the day with a change of plans, deciding to skip the little town of Medicine Bow WY in favor of a drive through the Medicine Bow Routt National Forest …

This was the longest driving day of the trip and some of the most boring scenery to boot. I mean, 470 miles of Nebraska?!? The only thing I can say about it is that at least parts of it are …

What can I say? It was a long day, the second longest drive of the trip, 575 miles. But at 52.9 mpg overall for the day, I’m not complaining! Here’s the route overview: Once again, I had a “good omen” view …

Summer 2021, Day 2 Sadly, there’s not much to show about today’s drive except to show this screen capture of the route: The day began in Binghamton NY with a quick stop for gas, then the old familiar run across …

Because I’m going to be interstates for most of the next 5 days, I decided to do all backroads today. This worked well as I was only going as far as Binghamton NY, because I had a lot of things …