A good night's sleep and a full breakfast was just what we needed, and after we lost a couple more bucks in the slots we got back on the road.
We skirted around Reno, not wanting to stop at this point, and headed into California.
The area near the border is crazy beautiful -- mountains, big blue lakes, an amazing sky -- it was an *immediate* difference as we crossed the border, and there was so much gorgeous scenery that John had trouble keeping track of the road.
Things got flatter and more urban until we were in Sacramento. We'd talked about stopping for lunch, but at this point, we just wanted to *get* there. So we kept going.
On and on into the Bay Area, and oh, that's the Bay!!!
Oakland had a *huge* amount of traffic, and then we passed through the biggest conglomeration of highway ramps and curves and lanes either of us had ever seen.
On to Los Gatos -- where we drove around for *an hour* looking for something we recognized from our research. We *finally* found Vasona Park, after stopping for directions.
This was Saturday afternoon, and our apartment wasn't going to be ready until Thursday. So we checked into the Los Gatos Lodge, and made that our new base of operations.
Cute little place, nice people -- I'd recommend it for someone staying in this area.
As to what the past three weeks have been like? Eh, that seems like another post. So far, though, I love California.
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