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I woke up about 5:30, an hour before I wanted to. But I felt pretty refreshed, so I just stayed in bed, looking at my phone until 6:30. I then started to get my things together--all ten minutes worth. Sleep Inn has a breakfast which we went down for after Sherri got up at 7. Then the car was packed-not like there was a whole bunch of stuff.
Today we are going to go all the way back to Fresno. We started a few minutes after 8 with me driving. Nothing exciting. Well, around Grants Pass there was a lot of smoke from the Brushy fire-what a name for a fire-which is part of the Moon Complex of fires.. Its is between Grants Pass and Gold Beach on the Oregon Coast.
By the time we reach Medford where we stop at Costco for gas, the smoke has mostly dissipated. Just out of Medford we stopped at a rest stop before going on. We debated about lunch since we will be stopping in Sacramento for an early dinner with Peter. We decided that Yaks will fill us up too much. Sherri has found a place in Mt Shasta City called Seven Suns Coffee and Cafe. Its reputation is good sandwiches and burritos. But when we got there, there was a hand printed sign saying “Closing at 11:30”. That is three minutes away. We had passed by a blackish looking smoke a few miles up the road. Evidently that was close to the owner’s house and she needed to take care of things.
So we go on to Yaks after Sherri picks up some coffee there. But at Yaks, the parking area is full, so we go on. Sherri notes there are two In-N-Out’s in Redding, so on we go. Somehow, the phone is giving contradictory instructions on getting to an In-N-Out. Evidently there were two maps going on, giving instructions to both of them. We get that cleared up and pick up a couple burgers. Then we are off again, with Sherri driving.
I will admit, this part of the trip is not very interesting and I am glad Sherri is driving it. She drives for a bit more than an hour, which gives me time to relax. We get to the Dunnigan rest stop before Woodland where we change drivers. I drive into Sacramento where we will meet up with our friend, Peter.
We had arranged to meet at the Hidden Dumpling on P Street. He got there a few minutes before us. Before he and Jamie moved to Sacramento, he was part of our House Church. We order family style, including chowmein, sweat and sour pork and some pot stickers. We leave content, both from the food and our time with Peter.
We continue our trip South. There is some heavy traffic from Sacramento to Stockton. Then it thins out. We may have enough gas to make it to Fresno, but we would arrive on fumes. So that provides the second reason to stop at the gas station at Costco in Turlock. The first is to avail ourselves of the carwash there. After filling up and getting a clean car, we go a few miles south to the rest stop.
Sherri takes over driving for the final leg of our trip. We are very familiar with this stretch as we traveled it just ten days ago. We got home a bit before 9, very tired and glad to be home.
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