Last Leg

The trip across Western Nevada was a very flat ride through miles of desert. The sky was partly cloudy, but with big white puffy clouds, and the temperature was in the high 60's. There had been (or is going to be) road construction on many, many miles of I-80 as there were orange and white barrels lining the inside of the road way for a very long way. Wouldn't it be nice to be in the barrel rental business?


We rolled through Nevada into Reno, and then into California. As we began to climb toward Donner Pass, we began to see snow on the sides of the hills and along the roadway, but the sky was clear and there was no precipitation in the forecast . . . thank God. The roadway was clear and dry.


The drive through Donner Pass and across the Sierra Mountains of Northern California is a very scenic trip.


As we began to come down out of the mountains, we were watching the elevation signs . . . 5,000 feet, 4,000 feet, 3,000 feet, and then we pulled into Auburn, California, at a little over 2,000 feet elevation where we plan to stay for four nights. We came to attend the wedding of Carole's granddaughter at a nearby winery in the foothills.

. . . and so ended the "Last Leg" of our cross-country journey to California.