Back At In N Out, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
Another trip for burgers. Have to take advantage of the availability
of good burgers. Yum!
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All posts for the day February 28th, 2009
Walking in San Jose, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
So it’s now Saturday. We’ve spent one full day and a partial here and are enjoying the sunshine and the slightly warmer weather. It’s not warm enough for shorts, but it’s warmer than Oregon. Woo Hoo! Our routine goes like this… we get up, have breakfast at Karen’s parent’s place, and then we walk to the nearby Starbucks for London Fog and Chai. Good routine.
Seeing Sacramento, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
The sun was starting to go down when we reached Sacramento. We kept texting Charles, the nephew, as to our possible time of arrival. We got there just about rush hour time. Not fun, but not too bad. Our only problem was that the GPS kept telling us to turn where we couldn’t onto the campus of the University. Apparently the GPS can’t handle the larger complex of tiny streets within a University setting. It was OK, we managed to maneuver without it. Archaic I know, but using our own brains actually worked. Shocking…
Wing, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
Here’s the aforementioned wing. We saw four or five of these. We can’t really be sure since we would see some, pass them, exit for some reason, and then see them or others again. Pretty cool though. Huge single wings being trucked somewhere… a mystery location.
Lunch at In N Out, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
We stopped in Redding for In N Out burgers. They have their operation down. Only burgers on the menu. Only three options. Double cheese, cheese, or hamburger. Very simple. We opted for the cheese and chocolate shakes. This is one of the great things about road trips… you throw your normal eating habits out the window and stop for burgers. Yeah road trips!!
Illegal Travel Aids, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
In California you aren’t supposed to have your GPS stuck to your windshield. We are rebels, ours was stuck to our windshield. Shhhhh.
So a few funny things happened on the way to San Jose. First off… we kept seeing these huge airplane wings on trucks. I’ll post a photo in a moment of that.
Another funny thing was the sign… “Are you feeling puzzled? Call 1-800-HIS-WORD”. So, I called. I mean… we were traveling with the GPS, but we did have a few glitches, as one sometimes does, even with a GPS. So… I switched off caller ID and called. Karen was mortified, and said… they will have your number. They will call you back. I was confident they wouldn’t and told her no… I turned off caller ID. So I called. I got a recording offering me help with sermons in either English or Spanish. I had to press one or two. I hung up. But seriously, I felt less puzzled, so that was good.
We then passed a sign offering dirt for sale. I didn’t call that number. We had nowhere to put it anyway.
The last thing, other than just the normal hilarious banter that happens when Karen and I road trip together, was us leaving Sacramento after stopping to visit our nephew who’s going to college there. The GPS was telling us to go one way, and we kept thinking that wasn’t the way. We must have circled like three times waiting for it to “recalculate” when finally, Karen called and asked her dad how to get out of Sacramento going toward San Jose. He was like… take 99 to 4 to 5, etc. Karen goes… that’s what the GPS is telling us. Her dad thought that was hilarious. And really, it was. The moral… don’t resist the GPS, it knows all.
Shasta, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
Mt. Shasta was beautiful. The clouds sitting right at the top, clear blue sky, snow on the mountain. Gorgeous.
Rest Stop, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
We stopped in the mountains somewhere, can’t remember where just now, to use the restroom at a gas station. Not a bad view from there actually.
Siskiyous, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
We got up wondering if we’d have too much snow for the rented Jeep Liberty to handle. The forecast said there was a possibility for up to 4 or 5 inches. We had a dusting. No problem for the Jeep, even in 2 wheel drive. Our first stop, as I posted earlier, was Starbucks. Had to get that London Fog and the Chai. A must have for any road trip, not to mention any time we leave the house for any length of time at all.
This was taken as we ventured through the Siskiyou Mountains. We were in 4 wheel drive for about 10 minutes. We didn’t really need to do it, but we thought why not… we’d gotten the 4 wheel drive because we thought we might need it. We didn’t want it to go to waste. We crack me up.
Can’t Travel Without It, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
We got up and took off just before 7 on Thursday. Our first stop?
Starbucks. From there it was drive drive drive.
I’ll explain more about the drive, the stops we made, and such in
subsequent posts. Now I’ll say this… I’m blogging from my iPhone.
I’m having technical difficulties uploading photos from my laptop to
Flickr. Not sure why… It’s just so. So for now I will be posting
photos I’ve taken on the fly with my phone. Could make for some
interesting, and potentially blurry, posts. I guess we’ll see.
