Well, we have come full circle and are back at Chris’s house
in Crestline. We will be heading for home on Sunday, October 16. We had decided
that we wanted to make this a leisurely trip with less driving and more time to
relax and sight see. And we have done just that! And we have seen another
interesting and beautiful part of our country.
On Thursday, October 13, we left the Lake Tahoe area and
took the scenic drive on Highway 4 through Ebbetts Pass from east to west. This
was another steep, windy mountain road past a beautiful stream (Silver Creek
where there were lots of people fishing for trout), and through another pine
forest where there was so much color with the trees and plants that were losing
their leaves. The pass was at 8700 feet. Coming down from the pass, I really
felt like I was in California – the rounded hills were all brown, with little
clumpy trees growing on the hill sides. We ended up in Stockton and then headed
south on 99 looking for dinner and a place to stay. We spent the night in Modesto
after driving a lot longer than we wanted.
Friday we spent in Fresno where I got to do some more
genealogy at their Central Library. We have been here enough times that we have
our favorite places to eat and shop. It is in the middle of farm country and
buying fruit is another thing I wanted to do. I am going to have to do lots of
canning when I get home!
And Saturday was our longest day of driving as we drove Highway
99 through the San Joaquin Valley past all the farms – grapes, nut trees,
peaches, citrus, truck farms and lots we didn’t recognize. Of course, we had to
compete with all of the trucks also going south. We angled off to the east,
crossing the Tehachapi Mountains where we saw lots of windmills, and through
more brown, dry desert country before ending up in Crestline. Another wonderful trip under our belts!
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