Coos Bay, Oregon to Susanville,California

We were on the road just before 8am this morning with about 380 miles to go. We left 101 and wound our way along Hwy 42 to I 5.  Twisty and turny like a slalom.

   Onto I 5 which was packed with trucks until just south of Yreka, CA.

      Showers here and there but not bad.

Up and over Grant's pass and the Siskyos.

  Siskyou Summit...4130ft.  Much higher elevations later in the day and even higher tomorrow.  But...it's not cold so no snow.

When you go up..you must come down.

The trees are turning here and at home the leaves are down.

Grassland with fall trees...beautiful!

Good bye Oregon and hello...California.

We leave I 5 onto 89 and Susanville where we stopped for the night.

The logs here are huge and mostly pine. Not many logs aboard as the trucks don't have heavy duty trailers.

          Not much traffic which is nice.

          Twisty turny here which is hard work for the driver.

It opened out here to grassland and cattle.

       Evidence of recent fires.

Today's route.  We last went this way in 2019 pulling the Jeep on our way to Mazatlan to spend our first winter in our recently purchased house.  

We had a really good time with Connie and Manny in Coos Bay and we'll meet up with them when they come to Mazatlan in December.  We've been friends since we met them in the fall of 2009 on our way to the Las Jaibas RV park in Mazatlan. 

We're staying in the Super 8 in Susanville where we stayed in 2019.  Nice room, beer, shower, frozen dinner from home and bed.  Tomorrow Ridgecrest, CA.