This was it, our last full day on the road, and the rain still falling. We stopped to look at the giant Redwoods along the coast and at several secluded bays on the roadside. All with piles of driftwood and jurassic rock formations. Many had large boulders you could climb on to that stretched past the waterline. We finally found a place that did fish and chips for lunch, and very nice it was too! That afternoon we followed signs to the Oregon sand dunes, which ...

From Arcata we drove a few miles in the wrong direction to visit the town of Eureka. Well, you would, wouldn't you with a name like that? The town had a historic boardwalk and riverside commercial and boating area. All of which was pointless to us as the heavens had opened once more and the rain just fell and fell and fell. From there we drove through the wetlands onto Crescent City and then to Brookings. For the few miles outside Eureka the road was surrounded ...

We managed to out-run the snow and stopped in Susanville for brunch. On the way to Redding we passed through Lassen Forest high in the mountains and the weather caught up with us. It was thick snow, though blue skies, and very, very cold. The thick snow went for miles, coating trees and branches and the forest floor, railway tracks and side roads. We got out a few times to play in it and it was so deep I sunk nearly to my waist at one point. Needless to say I sp...

Another extremely long drive, this time to Vegas. We'd managed to book a motel at the far end of the Strip near Luxor as, being Friday night, all the hotels were mega expensive. Just enough time for a quick shower and change and we were off for a night out, well sort of. We couldn't actually cross the freeway to get to the Strip, so we had to drive over and park on the other side of the road! We got some very large frozen cocktails and had a wander down the boul...

Now, I've had diner breakfasts before. But this one was different. It was Sunday, a day when it's ok to eat your body-weight in fried food for breakfast. It was also in a weird little town and it had a very retro 50's theme without any irony. I don't think I'd ever been so excited about a meal! French toast, sausage (link, not pattie), eggs (over easy), lots of maple syrup, coffee and OJ. Now that's what I call a breakfast. I also think I've mastered the breakfas...