tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post7214644893988574367..comments2024-03-28T17:37:39.434-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Travelogue, Part IIIFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-75404063532123131242012-03-18T05:17:57.088-07:002012-03-18T05:17:57.088-07:00This information is absolutely brilint for writing...This information is absolutely brilint for writing and thanks to you for shearing.alizbeathhttp://www.glowskintips.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-4139518458981828732012-03-13T11:51:40.302-07:002012-03-13T11:51:40.302-07:00Somewhere in there we spent the night in a motel, ...<i>Somewhere in there we spent the night in a motel, but right now I can't remember the city it was in; kind of depressing to lose a detail like that.</i><br /><br />All those little "towns" on 5 in central California are eminently forgettable.<br /><br />(I've eaten in that Sizzler in Flagstaff after a long day of driving, myself, and it's a welcome change of pace.<br /><br />Your entire run here reminds me, in large part, of the Portland to Phoenix run for Estrella War.<br /><br />Probably because most of it's the same route - except I take 395 sound out of the Mojave instead of following 58 to I-40.<br /><br />The bit through Flagstaff is sightsteeing up or down via Utah and the Grand Canyon.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-88358527976325173482012-03-12T22:21:21.128-07:002012-03-12T22:21:21.128-07:00A road trip would be cool. If I made it up to Euge...A road trip would be cool. If I made it up to Eugene I'd have to stop at Rice Hill for an Umpqua ice cream cone.<br /><br />I can't recall seeing the Tehachapi windmills, but I've seen the ones at Altamont and near Palm Springs on several occasions, and I don't ever recall seeing so many as half of them moving.<br /><br />Glad you arrived safe and sound.<br /><br />If you ever feel the need for a California road trip and a lie-down in a dark room doesn't help, Hwy 1 north and Highway 40 south is a good route with a detour through Mt Lassen Nat'l Park. Lassen might have an active steam vent. For sure it has a few mud pots and a lot of ejecta and lava from the 1917 eruption.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.com