Here's some scenes we've encountered along the way
Actually, the last day of vacation was to visit our friends Bobbie and Mike at their new home on the Washington coast near Long Beach. We lucked into a fantastic beach weather day- high sixties and no wind- In October = WOW. In this picture Bobbie and Kurt are stamping on the sand looking for clam holes (we found some- but it wasn't a legal digging day). Luckily for us, Bobbie had frozen razor clams at home so we had a nice feast on them that evening.
Big news in our truck life- we bought ourselves a microwave to have in the truck, Here it is with our first plate of nachos. The next day we warmed up soup in 5 minutes- a nice change from the hour it takes to warm soup using a pot that is powered through the lighter.
Either it hasn’t been a spectacular year for Fall leaf color – or we missed the peak everywhere. However, we still did see some colorful hills. Included here are two pictures from Montana of the Tamarack Trees turning yellow. Tamaracks- or Western Larch- look like short-needled evergreens all summer but in the fall their needles turn yellow and drop. Here is a hillside shot
and here is a close up of a few trees...
This picture of fall color is from Pennsylvania- mostly autumn shades of gold and rust were what was left
We took I-90 through Chicago last Saturday morning on our way east. The best weather yet to see the city. We got this picture of the skyline as we approached. The Sears tower is the tall one to the right.
We are traveling on I-80 to go west from New Hampshire to the Bay area. This time of year it is very heavily traveled by trucks- I sometimes count 10 to 15 trucks per mile in the oncoming lanes. We took this picture when there was a traffic tie-up in the east bound lanes- and you can see that the outlines of trucks trails off into the distance.
We are traveling on I-80 to go west from New Hampshire to the Bay area. This time of year it is very heavily traveled by trucks- I sometimes count 10 to 15 trucks per mile in the oncoming lanes. We took this picture when there was a traffic tie-up in the east bound lanes- and you can see that the outlines of trucks trails off into the distance.
This picture shows a MIRACLE! This is I-80 on the edge of Chicago at 4:40 pm on Thursday. Hardly any traffic- because 20YEARS of construction is FINALLY COMPLETE! There are 5 beautiful lanes with no detours or orange cones. We sailed through for the first time ever! Kurt has encountered ties-ups and construction in this area since he first started driving a truck cross country- so this is truly amazing.
Kurt took this picture (obviously). He thought it was significant that a truck was actually passing us while I was driving. In my defense—the other truck was EMPTY- that is why it could go faster than me :)
Kurt took this picture (obviously). He thought it was significant that a truck was actually passing us while I was driving. In my defense—the other truck was EMPTY- that is why it could go faster than me :)
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