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NY > CA : Day 5

pete — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:37:26 +0000

Day 5: We camped in Nevada, (again more howling coyotes) and finished off the trip through the desert, and over the Sierra Mountains and into California.

We make it into California, Its a lot of down hill, 8000 ft. in Tahoe to 50 ft. in Sacramento. It was a long drive. We stop in Santa Rosa, have lunch, and I drop Mike off, and finish the trip down through Oakland and to Fremont.

NY > CA : Day 4

pete — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:35:35 +0000

Day 4: Woke up (with the roosters) to find we were in a completely different world than what we saw before sunset. The landscapes turned completely alien, large flats, with huge rock formations on the horizon.

It took most of the day to trek across Utah and into Nevada. We were on rte 50 “The Loneliest Road in America” which seriously you could go miles without seeing another car, and towns were 50 to 100 miles apart.(better photos on film)

NY > CA : Day 3

pete — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 23:34:52 +0000

Day 3: Colorado, a nice break from the mid west…

We hit snow peaks in the rockies, but luckily it was still 40’s and the road was clear. I was astonished to see ski lifts at road level. We drove through the rest of the mountains, and into Utah, and setup camp in the dark.

NY > CA : Day 2

pete — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:34:05 +0000

Day 2: We drove around on a lot of Indiana back roads, and then across Illinois, Iowa, and to Lincoln Nebraska.

We hit this crazy rainstorm in Iowa. You can see the cold front moving in. As the temperature dropped we decided on driving later and getting a hotel room in Lincoln Nebraska.

NY > CA : Day 1

pete — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:33:04 +0000

Day 1: We camped at Salamonie Lake in Indiana. It was cold, in the 40’s. We were woken up by coyotes howling in the night.