Long day (for us) so we were up early and off to Ron's and Starbucks for fuel. This is exactly the stops we made in August, 2017, when we left Oregon for our new home in Arizona.
Once in town, we headed South on Highway 97 through Bend and down to just past La Pine, Oregon. The route taken by most would be Highway 97 to Klamath Falls, Oregon and then Susanville, California. We choose to take the road less traveled. Just past La Pine we took Highway 31 through Summer Lake and and Paisley to Highway 395 at Valley Falls. This has always been a great 120 mile drive to avoid traffic, especially trucks. Today I passed no one and was only passed four times. Two pickup trucks, a BMW and an Audi were the speeders.
After entering California at New Pine Creek (yes, that's a town), we stopped at the Java Doc in Alturas, California for more fuel and then took the Standish Cutoff, avoiding Susanville and saving time. From there it was Highway 395 through Reno, Nevada, to our overnight in Carson City, Nevada.
Only a few things to mention today:
From our turn after La Pine to the outskits of Reno there were cattle. Lots of cattle. Large herds and small herds. Cattle on the move and cattle at rest.
In the small town of Silver Lake, Oregon, is the Cowboy Dinner Tree restaurant. There are only two choices on the menu, both of which come with salad, rolls and cowboy beans. The two choices are a 30 ounce cowboy cut top sirloin or a whole roasted chicken. That's it. We made the two and a half hour drive from Redmond twice. You don't get a take out box here, you bring an ice chest.
Rest stops were few and far inbetween and only one was decent. Expecting the same tomorrow.
This was a quiet 455.7 miles day and we really needed a quite drive. Tomorrow we overnight in Henderson, Nevada.
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