Very quiet night at Chiriaco Summit. Good coffee at the Gas Station before we left this morning at 6:30 am. The last time I drove through L.A. area was around 1996, give or take a year or two. As I get older and older the more I don't want to drive through large cities...and you can't get much bigger size ways than L.A,
By 9:15 we were on I-5 headed north on the Grapevine. By the time we got over the pass and at the split for Highway 99 and I-5 traffic thinned out. Did not have any problems driving through L.A. other than it is long, and traffic was getting worse and worse the further west we traveled. Gas just as before we hit the Grapevine was $85 for 16 gallons...we just paid $50 for 17 gallons at Quartzsite. Go figure.
Traffic got thick as we got to Tracy area due to San Francisco traffic headed east, but it was not too bad. Stopped in Lodi for another Van Wash at Blue Beacon...same price as it was in Casa Grande a few days earlier. So many bugs, especially moths and butterflies splattered all over the window and front of the van. Made it Sacramento around 5 pm, and had a few splattered bugs after just 40 miles of travel...it is what it is. Nice to be back in Sacramento...
Ugh, just reading about that traffic gives me the chills. Glad you made it though!
ReplyDeleteI was SO UP TIGHT about driving through L.A., but we got home a day early by doing so.
DeleteGo North to 40, 58 through Bakersfield to 99. All good roads now and MUCH easier to navigate. I never EVER go over the Grapevine ... too much traffic. Glad you made it safely!!
ReplyDeleteThat route is our normal pathway...but being a Saturday, and getting into L.A. early enough, the traffic in L.A. was less than going through Houston.
DeleteI'm amazed how you travel so far so fast. Glad you made it there safe and sound! :)
ReplyDeleteAmazes me sometimes too....
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