November 25, 2025 - Go to Eureka

 

Title: November 25, 2025 - Go to Eureka
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I slept in later than I expected, about 7. I am not sure what time Sherri got to bed, but I know it was late (turns out it was at 1:30, but apprehension had her getting her rest later than that.) I got a few things loaded into the car last night and added more this morning. We will have a really stuffed back end.

Sherri's Treat For Gary

It has been foggy the past couple of days, so we are not planning on leaving early. Rachel comes over a little before 10 and I can now do the final packing. Our vehicle’s back-end is a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle-that may be appropriate for this trip.. But I managed to get everything in and still have a little space to see through the back window.

We hit the road at 10:26 with Rachel driving. She takes us out via 41 and Herndon, vs my old fuddy-duddy way of going over to 180 to 99. Not sure which way is faster. The traffic is heavy. We stopped once at the Turlock rest stop. Then have lunch at Leatherby’s in Elk Grove.

Since this was Tuesday, we did Leatherby's Two for Tuesday special-At least Sherri and I did. Steven and I had tri-tip sandwiches with fries. Sherri had a California sandwich, while Rachel had a tuna and cheese sandwich. The special includes a medium sundae. Sherri was smart and got a small. Afterwards we both should have gotten a petite sundae. My ice cream was mint oreo-I will need to order that again; Sherri was a peanut butter oreo ice cream.

I drove from there with a stop at the Elk Grove Costco. then up 5 till we got to Williams, where we took 20 over to Clear Lake. We stopped in Nice at a park to switch drivers as well to use the public facilities. There actually are two bathrooms in Lucerne right before Nice. We hit one of them last time though-that one was a bit yukie.

Rachel and the Gyro Spinner

Steven took over driving in Nice. he came out onto 101. By this time, it is approaching 5. The vote is to stop in Willets at the Taco Bell there. I am still content from my Leatherby’s lunch, but the other three ordered a dinner while I walked around. I managed to get in a few steps. Then off we go up 101 to David’s.

Steven is still driving and I am in the back seat, doing a little bit of browsing when we have a connection. Otherwise either listening to conversations or adding a bit to my blog write-ups. Steven gets us to David’s house about 10 minutes before I expected us to be there, about 8:20. David has not gone to bed yet. We unpack the car, then move things into more appropriate rooms.

Once done, we start to relax, sort of. Rachel has picked up one of David’s spyro spinners and is trying to make it go. David shows her how and then gets Steven and Sherri also involved. It looks like it will be that kind of stay while we are up here-playing with David’s toys. We all drift off to bed by 9:30, not saying we go to sleep, just off to our own rooms.