Familiar places and names along the way. We didn't drive by the Carroll
Park house, but we did stop in front of Grandma Taylor's old house. The
small grass slope we used to roll down in the front yard to the sidewalk has
been reconfigured and is now a garden behind a retaining wall. The garages
are still out back but look better than they used to. The old apartment
building is still across the alley.
In Northern California we see familiar place names on the map, Jedediah
Smith, McArthur Burney Falls, Susanville. Names we associate more with our
parent's trips than our own.
Northern California, halfway through Oregon, rain all day, snow at the
higher elevations, broken concrete gave way to asphalt north of Redding.
Bumpy asphalt gave way to smooth asphalt at the Oregon line. Settled in at
Villa Grove, south end of Bend, Rags the cat ensconced at the cat hotel,
motorhome ready to give up to the Beaver Shop on the north end of Bend
tomorrow morning. They're going to change the couch out for us and fix a
few things. Can't have the cat wandering in and out of the coach while
they're working on it. Annie can stay with us, wherever that is.
