Undressing on the Road – California, Oregon, Idaho USA – July 24, 2022

Avenue of the Giant was awesome and as we finished it out, we decided to start our trek east via the northerly route across the US since any farther would not result in any warmer temperatures. During our ride from Fortuna, California (50 degrees) this morning to our final stop on our way got us back to 107 degrees (well that was fast) and the 50 degree swings in temperatures presents an interesting challenge as to what to wear in the morning. I have become quite adept at changing clothes on the road to accommodate. Ron, on the other hand has adapted his strategy differently than I have and it isn’t quite flawless yet.

Oregon was…interesting.  It now holds the record in our books for the worst Mexican Food, we drove through not one, but two swarms of locus, and we drove through the town of Weed.

Other noteworthy items were the fact we drove by Lake Albert.  It is an inland saltwater lake that is disappearing, and no one knows why.  Here is all that is left, and the salt looks like snow does it not?

But not all was lost since we did get to see the 14,000 foot Mount Shasta Volcano.  Coors Light anyone?

Idaho is nearly what I thought except for one surprise.  It is the largest farmland stretch I have ever seen, the roads are nice, and gas is cheap again.  We got to see the Blue Mountains which are pretty but the thing that surprised me the most was the gigantic sand dunes!  I realize we are driving through a section of the country called “the high desert,” but somehow it was just not what I expected to see.