Blogs from Truckee, California, United States, North America

…was nothing but driving and looking at the scenery…and appreciating the air conditioning. Did you know Oregon has pelicans? I sure didn’t. In one of the creeks that ran alongside Hwy 97 we saw two or three pelicans hanging out and bathing. We left Klamath Falls and headed into California. When you enter California in that area, Mt. Shasta is straight ahead. From a distance it’s pretty to look at, even with the low snow pack. The closer we got, the more impressive it became, although it’s still not as good as Mount Rainier (yes, just a little biased). Mt. Shasta guided us to where we picked up I-5. On our way to the freeway, we were stopped at our first inspection station. Everybody was subjected to California inspectors looking for citrus fruit. Luckily we had ... read more

It is part of the California/Nevada experience; driving Donner Summit in the snow. Skiers do it. Truckers do it all the time. It’s an interstate, I-80, so it’s reasonably wide and well maintained. It’s not like you’re completely heading out into the wilderness or going it alone. But you are still driving a car up and then down an icy mountain. You’re still crossing 7,000 feet in the blowing snow with jackknifed trucks along the route. And you’re doing it over a pass named quite specifically for horrible starving death on a frozen mountain. Anyone who says they aren’t gripping the wheel tightly is either lying or utterly careless. I had this joy on Thursday of this week, on a return drive from Reno to the Bay Area. The weather forecast was similar on through to ... read more

Hey everyone, this is going to just be a brief introduction of what it is that is going on here and why it is that you are all invited to read along. Basically as many of you know me and Jess have been bumming about for a while now and she has finally decided to go to Medical School in Philadelphia, like she was going to do 2 years ago. In the meantime we have had a lot of great adventures and we figured why not ease our transition into the "real world" with another great adventure. The general premise is that we have to move to Philly so she can start school by Aug 1 and we currently live in Truckee, CA near Lake Tahoe (which is amazing). In order to get to Philly we ... read more