nearing the end…
We return home on Saturday (maybe even Friday night… if we get rained out on the Oregon Coast.)
Can you believe how quickly this went?
I mean, maybe it didn’t for you. But for me? A BLUR.
And look what Cath’s odometer said today:
THE MILEAGE OF THE BEAST.
Ha!
We ended up taking a different route up than we did coming down through Oregon and California. Instead of doing the whole I-5 schtick, we decided to do the US 101 all the way up from around Santa Rosa.
Um.
GORGEOUS.
I’ll take more photos in Oregon and along the end of the Cali coastline (now that the 101 has ended up there), but here’s a sweet little taste:
We were in Fresno last night with Catherine’s friend Mike. MIKE. WE LOVE YOU. SEE, YOU MADE IT ONTO THE BLOG.
Here’s a picture I took while we searched in vain for dinner in Fresno:
And here’s a picture I took on an impossible-to-take-pictures-on Toll Bridge (I KNOW, BAY AREA PEOPLE. I DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL TODAY I WAS DRIVING BY. AND WE DIDN’T GO INTO SAN JOSE OR SAN FRANCISCO… WE JUST BLITZED THROUGH ON OUR WAY TO MEET THE 101. I PROMISE.):
That’s San Quentin.
WHOA.
Now I need to go to bed. But I promise to tell more, more, more…
SOON.
(And I really, really prefer coastal areas to central areas. Anywhere. Just FYI.)
September 21st, 2006 at 9:21 am
so is the mileage of the beast actually in kilometers (darn sensical metric system) and if so, can you actually call it ‘mileage’?
September 21st, 2006 at 9:57 am
we’ll forgive you for not stopping in San Jose on this trip, girls… but next time you better stop here. ;)
September 21st, 2006 at 9:58 am
oh… you should try to come during hockey season! we could take you to a sharks/nucks game!!!!
September 21st, 2006 at 12:21 pm
Do my eyes mistake me or is your mileage meter switched, meaning, you have KMH (or is it KPH?) on top and MPH on bottom? That would be brilliant, actually, and make total sense, since it is a Canadian car. When I drove around Canada I never really had any idea how fast I was going. The signage was all “fifty billion KPH” and I was all “how the hell fast is that?” because my odometer was in MPH only, thank you Honda rental car, so I may have been doing entirely the wrong speed at all times. The coast is incredible, plus, it is kindof exciting knowing you were relatively close to me.
September 21st, 2006 at 5:21 pm
hey! the richmond bridge! i used to take that as one of my routes to work, haven’t seen it in…20+ years (oh god, now i suddenly feel OLD). beautiful pictures, man you Canadian girls cover the miles! enjoy the rest of the ride, hope you have good weather in oregon.
September 21st, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Wow what a fun trip this has been! Sounds like y’all had the best of times. Thanks for sharing it with us…I love the pictures!
September 22nd, 2006 at 3:38 pm
What kind of music is accompanying this trek home?