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2 July 2023 I started the day with a view of two hot air balloons that I think were heading for a landing not far from my hotel (but I didn’t stick around long enough to find out): The day’s …

1 July 2023 The day started bright and clear. For the first couple of hours or so, I was on US 12 across Idaho. This is a beautiful and fairly deserted route along the Clearwater River and it rose up …

30 June 2023 This was just a 375-mile day and mostly on secondary routes except for an hour or so on I-84. During the drive from Bend OR north to I-84 at the Columbia River, I was treated to lots …

29 June 2023 It’s hard to believe the trip is over half done. Today was an easy day, the last one of those for almost a week. After a morning oil change in Salem, I only needed to drive 2.5 …

28 June 2023 I’ve finally reached the point in the trip where I’m so happy that I decided a couple of years ago to number the blog trip day entries sequentially; without that, it would take a while to figure …

27 June 2023 When I left Oakland at 9:30am, it was cloudy/misty and 59º. After getting through the backups on I-580 and turning east on I-80, the skies cleared as I topped the first hill heading towards Sacramento. By the …

26 June 2023 No driving for me today and no photos that weren’t in brewpubs.

25 June 2023 No driving for me again today. We started off with a trip to a German restaurant in Alameda, complete with leather kilt and Lederhosen. Later, there was this great view of San Francisco from a brewery in …

24 June 2023 No driving for me today, but the three of us started the day by heading into San Francisco for Dim Sum. The restaurant was in a very interesting space and they were doing a fabulous business! We …

23 June 2023 The first part of this drive is one of my favorites – US 50 from Carson City NV to Placerville CA with beautiful views of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevadas. The fact that the car absolutely …