Joshua Tree Road Trip #2

Day 3

Portland To Napa Valley

We left Portland early Sunday morning and started heading south. We had a hard time starting out trying to head south as I-5 was closed down for some reason through Portland. It seemed every time we tried to get on the freeway heading south it would redirect us heading north. We eventually found our way and started through the long expanse of nothingness that is Oregon.

We stopped for some coffee and breakfast at a little cafe in Eugine, Carmel dosen't like her picture taken before her coffee.

We then headed back on the road and made quick time through the rest of Oregon.

Just as we got into California my truck went past 130,000 miles, and we needed gas.

We made it past the fruit checkpoint coming into California and managed to smuggle in a banana. California was beautiful clear and sunny.

Carmel took a lot of photos.

We got off I-5 and onto Highway 20 which would take us into Napa Valley. The road there was beautiful, it changed quickly and often from driving through long rolling hills to going through steep windy roads. It was a fun drive.

From 20 we got on 53 which took us to 29, needles to say we needed a map and a good navigator.

We camped just outside of Calistoga at Bothe State Park. Other then all the mosquitoes it was a nice little campground. We made a quick dinner and went to bed pretty early to get lots of rest for tomorrow when we would drive through San Francisco on our way to Big Sur.