Title: September 24, 2025 - Going to Eureka
Today is the start of our trip which will take us to Eureka for a few days and then up to Roseburg for my best man’s daughter's wedding. Then on Sunday, we will come back to Fresno.
I got up and looked through my emails. Still no word from BLM about if I will be able to continue on using their package to provide lightning information to the lookouts, Forest and Parks. I write an email to those who get my information, letting them know the situation-BLM has dropped the contract with EarthNetworks and that I am seeking to get access to lightning data for this group.
Sherri has said she thought we would be going shortly after 8, but she must be pretty tired as she gets up about 7:30. I have gotten most of my stuff packed already. Rachel invites me to walk with her and Friday on our regular walk.When we get back, Sherri is just finishing up breakfast and doing the last things to get ready.
Sherri and her pumpkin ice cream
We are finally ready to leave
about 9:45-we would have left a few minutes earlier, but I needed to
go back and get my spare glasses. I start off driving. We stopped in
Turlock for a bathroom break, then on to Leatherby’s
in Elk Grove-our traditional stop. Lunch is eaten there-I have a
chicken sandwich and Sherri a California Burger. But that is not why
we stop there, as the lunch is pretty normal fare. But the ice cream
is good. Usually we split a sundae, but Sherri wants a one scope
pumpkin special sundae and I am content with a small mint chocolate
sundae-even that raises my blood sugars significantly. Our server,
Logan, was very patient with us and all of our questions.
Sherri then drives for the next two and a half hours. This is significantly more time than her usual drive time. We made it all the way to Lucerne by Clear Lake. I thought I might sleep, but I did not. There are a couple of parks on the lake side of the road with bathrooms. When I am driving, I usually do not see the bathrooms until too late. So we do not stop at our usual park in Nice.
I take over driving and drive all the way to my brother’s place in Eureka, stopping only in Willits at Taco Bell for Sherri. I am not that hungry and even less attracted by a Taco Bell meal. I tell David we would make it around 8:30 or 9, but I am surprised because we hit his place shortly after 8. If we do not stop for bathroom breaks, I do not need to account for that in my time estimates.
Yoga Mat Boards
It is good to see him again,
besides Zoom. I have not been with him since Christmas time. We
talked for about an hour. Also David has made yoga mat boards for
Sherri, Andrea and Rachel. We oooh and ahh over them. I think the
driving has gotten to me as it is I feel like I need to go to sleep
and it is David’s bed time. By 10, my eyelids are closed.
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