I'm in Yreka California at the Miners Inn, Best Western. Last stayed here in September 2004 when southbound to visit Geri and Norm in Sacramento. Seth was with Kathy and I on that trip. It was our only road trip with our boy as a young man, and we had a pretty good time. Last night I pulled off the road at the rest area that has the great view of Mt. Shasta. It was dusk and the mountain was sort of lavender against a deep blue sky with two planets shining brightly. Very pretty. Sheila has never been up here before so I stopped so she could see it, and I stopped because I was last there with Seth and Kathy, at the rest area across the freeway. I didn't want to just drive by....it was a bit sad, but I tried to focus my thoughts on the pleasure we had on that trip with him.
Our big trip to visit Lauren is only two weeks away and that is pretty exciting! There's snow on the ground here in Yreka and the air is crisp....just the weather conditions I expect in Munich. Even though it has only been three months since we saw her I am expecting to find a much different young woman. She has been teaching herself to cook, and recently thanked me for all the years of cooking and dishwashing that Mom and I had done.....she hadn't realized how much work it was. Also, she will be much more comfortable with her language skills and get to show us around the city.
Siskiyou Summit is clear and cold today, but big storm expected tonight so we seem to have gotten lucky. It's 8:30 a.m. right now and we're going to hit the road to get over the mountains in just a few minutes. Yesterday we drove here with the goal of being as close to the pass as possible so we could go over in daylight.....looks like our planning has worked out and we got a bit lucky with the weather. We'll be home tonight.
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