Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached!

YUM!

The day started with a hearty (and I DO mean hearty, not healthy!) pancake breakfast!

Today was only about six hours on the road, most of which were very scenic. Mount Shasta, especially, was a sight to behold from every angle.

Yreka - without the “b” - is “bakery” spelled backwards.

A bit of trivia I did not know: According to Mark Twain, “There was a bakeshop with a canvas sign which had not yet been put up but had been painted and stretched to dry in such a way that the word BAKERY, all but the B, showed through and was reversed. A stranger read it wrong-end first, YREKA, and supposed that that was the name of the camp. The campers were satisfied with it and adopted it.”)

Other observations:

• Didn’t get a picture of the sign reading: “Eat Beef, Support a Rancher”

• Approaching the Oregon border, there were a flurry of signs for LiquorLand, Liquor Expo, and Bargain Liquor (Liquor must be cheaper in California??)

• Lots of southbound trucks were loaded with enormous logs and bales of golden hay. Plus, plenty of those ubiquitous Amazon trucks.

An exit sign that I mis-read from a distance!

Yesterday, I saw a town on the map (in California) called Minnesota.

Today, I learned there is the city of Saginaw, in Oregon!

(No, we didn’t exit.)

Another funny sign:

More beautiful scenery. . .

Until we finally reached Destination #1, family in Portland!