Day 6, 7, 8 and 9 - Goodyear, AZ to Redmond, OR

Day 6 was spent with friends Earl and Nelsine visiting and looking at homes in Sun City Grand. It's a nice area with a lot of activities, but like Goodyear we have pretty much decided to stay in Oregon. Maybe someday, just not now. As in past visits, Earl once again cooked up a great dinner. Although the steak was excellent, I much prefer the clam linguine when his Italian side comes out.

Day 7 was another travel day, this time headed for an overnight in Tehachapi, California. The best I can say for our stay there is we again had dinner at Pacino's Spaghetti Factory, which if you must stay in in Tehachapi is a darn good place to eat. Make not that the Starbucks in right next door for the next morning.

Day 8 started at Starbucks and then Highway 58 took us to Bakersfield. A few back road later we found Interstate 5 and were headed through Sacramento to an overnight in Redding. It's not a long drive, but eight hours of no scenery is in fact eight hours of no scenery. We did stop in Corning at the Olive Pit only to find that they no longer have the Greek style pitted black olives. Arizona Earl turned me on to them years ago and we've always managed to get them in the past.

Day 9 started with a decision on where to have breakfast. After a brief discussion we opted for a Starbucks in Redding and then an hour drive to the original black Bear Diner in Mount Shasta. Good decision. As usual the breakfast was great and soon we were back on the road headed home.

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