Day 5 (Wednesday) SF to Eugene

Today we spent many hours on the road. We wanted to travel as far North as we could while the weather held. We felt very fortunate not to have any rain on our trip back except for when we reached Eugene. A few weeks ago there were terrible rain storms all along our route through California. We have had remarkably good weather considering the time of year. We did not get rained on in SF. The Siskiyou Mountains on the border of Oregon and CA often can be tricky to cross this time of year. We packed chains just in case we needed them. We were pleasantly surprised not only to make it through the mountains without snow on the road, but with very little rain. A gentle rain fell on us as we approached Eugene, where we finally decided to stop for the night. We left SF at 9:30 AM and arrived in Eugene at 6:30. We made good time! Here is a picture of Mt. Shasta, I think, taken from our gas stop.

Note for future trips: We decided to stay at another Hampton Inn. It is OK, not quite as nice as the one in Santa Clarita. Larry didn't find the bed as comfortable. I should research more options for the area. The Chinese restaurant near here was good, though.