450 miles later!
We started out around 8:30, having a small breakfast at Denny's before we kept on north to the Interstate. Got a little concerned about the drive, since on the cover of a newspaper in a stand outside the restaurant it said there were wildfires right where we were going to drive (it turned out not to be an issue, but we did pass a couple fire trucks going south in California).
It was the straight and open highway that allowed for the distance we covered, for sure. We drove through Reno, and then a long bit in northeast California, and then half of Oregon and fit in a stop at Crater Lake (B), Oregon's only National Park (that I had never seen before!). Didn't stop for lunch until a late 1:30... just south of Klamath Falls, OR, at a KFC.
We had a lot of open scenery today, and a little bit of mountains north of Susanville, CA. There were quite a few lakes by the side of the highway... Eagle Lake in California had white pelicans... don't think I've ever seen that kind before. And the Upper Klamath Lake was so picturesque. It was so wide, and had a small mountain peak on the other side, surrounded by the Cascade range. There we saw a bald eagle sitting up in a tree (at our eye level) looking for its dinner.
We listened to four cd's of mine, and then the short books of I & II Thessalonians, and then an instrumental record. This brought us to Crater Lake where we just listened to nature. Couldn't believe how blue the lake was! It was just as rich as that radiant spot we saw on the California coast. We did get out to admire the view, but just as at Yosemite, there were bunches of mosquitoes that wanted to eat me alive. There were plenty of overlooks to pull over and admire the lake from, so we did get to see quite a bit. For an added grand display of nature, we saw several bolts of lightning crash down along the mountain ranges far to our north as we drove out of the park.
In Bend, we stopped at a Chinese restaurant for dinner and ordered individual dishes... I got chicken & green beans cooked in a black bean sauce (wow!)... and when the plates came we were both astounded at how much food we got. I maybe finished a quarter of the plate... good thing we have a cooler! And there was a motel with everything we needed just across the street from the restaurant. When in the office, I asked if the room had a refrigerator, found out it did and that the rate was really inexpensive, but forgot to ask what kind of bed it had! LOL! Thankfully, that turned out just fine! :)Whew! One more day and we'll be home!
Jp
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