We left the house this morning at 7:15am after dropping Hooper off with Sally (our new dog sitter through Rover) last night. We ran through the McDonalds drive thru so that Grant could get a McGriddle and then drove to DFW. The kids and Nick got to go through the TSA pre-check line and my line was about 30 minutes long but no problem because we got there in plenty of time.
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| The kids & nick waiting for me... |
Our flight to Sacramento left at 9:20 but then we were delayed for about 40 minutes because the pilot had to “reboot a computer. Hmm. But luckily it was an uneventful flight. After we arrived at the airport, we took a shuttle to the rental car area and got a minivan through Avis. It was our lucky day because we got a Sienna Hybrid. And I’d already decided that gas was going to be $10/gallon, our car was going to get 20mpg, we were going to drive 1200 miles and thus, we would be spending $600 on gas. BUT our car gets 30mpg and gas is between $5.50 and $7.00/gal so score!
We stopped north of the airport and the kids got In-and-Out
Burger and Nick and I grabbed sandwiches at some place called Sourdough
(good!).
We then drove up through Redding and over to Redwood
NP/Klamath. So…the car registered 110
degrees in Redding and the place is suffering an extreme drought. But at the same time, we could see Mt Shasta
with snow on it. This place could just
burst into flames at any minute. Even
the trees seem to be dying.
The drive all the way from Redding to the coast was WINDY
(as in the road winded left and right, up and down through mountains). Ryan got car sick.
We stopped at a little store and grabbed a gallon of water
and snacks then kept driving.
We’re staying at a Holiday Inn Express in Klamath so we had
to drive through the southern half of the park in order to get here. The park is strange in that it doesn’t have a
typical national park sign/entrance/visitor center because it’s also a state
park, along with several other state parks so it’s a bit strange but the trees
are amazing. We checked in at 7:30pm CA
time (9:30 Dallas) then ate at the Abalone Grill next door (inside the casino)
and we’re now back in our room and it’s about 60 outside. Driving up 101, it looked exactly like
Oregon. We’re only staying tomorrow
morning then heading back the way we came – I’m not sure I’ve given us enough
time here but oh well.
One day down, 49 parks seen.
Tomorrow is the Ossagon Trail then a small waterfall, the visitor center
then on to Lassen.
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