Day Five

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Sep 3, 2000
Sunday

Eugene to Redding

Today was to be a nose to the road drive from Eugene to Medford and down to Redding California. With really no destinations to stop and see except the beautiful scenery along I-5. We found a bagel place in Eugene, three doors from the OU campus, then pointed the car south and drove all day.

Harry and David Store, Medford OR

Jackson and Perkins store, Medford OR

We drove by Medford around lunchtime, stopped for Jack in the Box, then drove by the outlet stores for "Harry and David" and "Jackson and Perkins". Lyn has always received brochures from both of these companies so it was strange to find them shoulder to shoulder in the same mall.

Dave and Jesse and Mt Shasta

Mt Shasta on an overcast day

Lyn and Mt Shasta

We crossed over into California, spinning once around Yreka then heading down to the Mt Shasta viewpoint freeway turnoff. The weather was cruddy, but as we sat and enjoyed the view, the clouds lifted (just slightly) and we caught these pictures. Of course, as we drove off, the sky turned suddenly spectacular blue, but we were out of photo range by then (drat).

Click here to read about our disappoinments
and how we overcame them.We took many pictures of Mt Shasta with our digital camera and Dave assembled a couple of nice panoramas just for practice. Alas, they were lost with our backpacks in Vancouver.

After Mt Shasta, we drove down to Redding and stayed (on points) at the Holiday Inn Express. We drove around town a little, then had dinner at a small Mexican restaurant.

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