There’s a story, fact or fiction, I don’t know, about a family on a road trip. After a day at the Grand Canyon, the boy made a short entry into his mandatory daily journal. The father being curious what he wrote, took a look and read, “I spit a mile today.”
Today I could simply write, “All’s well that ends in some unscheduled location,” however, I won’t.
The day had a bit of a rocky start as a stomach acted up and invited (invitation accepted) one to take an early morning nap. Nap done, stomach settled, everything packed: noon is a great time to start a road trip.
Stop number one was the RV dealership in Junction City with a question or two. The receptionist said everyone’s at lunch so we drove around the back door and chatted with some technicians just standing around. We left there a bit wiser now knowing that they couldn’t answer our questions.
We pulled into a gas station to top off the tank. We saved 20 cents a gallon by choosing the station where the diesel fuel was $5.20 a gallon as opposed to $5.40 down the street. We thought four dollars for gasoline was high. Wow.
We considered driving the beautiful scenic coastal highway 101 to our first stop, the home of an Alaskan couple, but chose the monotonous straightforward, yet beautiful (all of Oregon is beautiful with the sheep grazing in rich green meadows with mountainous backgrounds) on I-5 for this inaugural drive. We’ll drive it again someday; we’ve done it several times in the past.
Rolling down the backside of Siskiyou Pass into California we were prepared to relinquish our bag of quartered oranges as we passed through the California inspection station. As we approached the station we noticed no lines and people were gong through quite quickly. When we pulled up to the stop sign by the vacant booth, we read the sign stating that there were no inspections today and that we should process with caution. The oranges were safe for another day and they are delicious.
After grabbing a bit to eat and walking the dog we settled into our first overnight in the van, so happy to be on our way.
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