The urge to go over the last major barrier got us on the interstate early. We were delighted to see a light falling rain instead of snow. When we gassed up, a northbound driver said that the summit was okay. And it was. The outside lane was bare and wet while the inside lane for five miles was compact snow. We collectively sighed a sigh of relief when we cleared the 3,500 summit and started the long descent into the Sacramento Valley.
I’m always surprised at when you think you’re done, other little challenges appear like other lower summits but still making you pay sharp attention. The stretch from Yreka to Redding had high wind warnings that proved to be very true. It was like dancing on a string. The RV is very reactive to winds but handles well to the response of the driver. I was constantly watching roadside vegetation as to what the wind was doing to it as an indicator of the wind speed and direction.
Hannah pulled the big rig on to Inger’s street and shut it down after six and a half hours on the road. We were over the bad part of the trip and had a planned weather buffer day that we didn’t have to use and since we were not to arrive at Sea Ranch until Tuesday, we decided to do a layover day in Sacramento.
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