Needless to say I did not sleep very well. I guess along with the alcohol, I was worried about the weather getting worse & me being snowed in. That would be truely awful as there would be nothing for me to do. Skiing alone is not an option for me and with the weather due to really worsen on the weekend, I had no choice but to get out.When having breakie, there was no snow, but as soon as I finished packing up, it started. Only tiny droplets, but there had...

I took the 395 into Reno. I did not want to stop here & was only looking for the Tourist Info office which was a pain to find. I realised the address in my guide book was incorrect after driving around the centre for a while. I phoned them and their offices were way on the other side of town. The lady was really helpful & I decided that I may as well go down into the Lake Tahoe area as the storm did not appear to be too bad. However, I took the long rout...

Today is a holiday in the USA - Presidents Day - whatever that means. I set off at a great rate of knotts towards the Lassen Volcanic Nat Park along the 44, passing through some really hick villages. There was masses of snow around & I began to get nervous. Once again the climb up the mountains was so steep that my rate of knotts diminished to a crawl. Typical, as luck would have it, there was so much snow in the national park it was not worth the visit. Th...

So today is the first time I set off inland. I feel slightly weird about it. I love being at the coast & watching the ocean. I did not manage to see the grey whales they were all talking about in Jenner, but no worries. Its not too far along the 299 to Redding where I had decided to spend the night. The landscape is vast - huge mountains - with snow on top - looks like I am going to hit snow soonish. There are massive forests covering the mountains - wonderf...

I did not sleep particularly well due to the cold weather. Coffee in the bar area and found out that the road I wanted to travel was blocked due to an overtured truck. I waited for perhaps an hour and then decided to set off. Luckily it appeared the truck had already been cleaned up by the time I passed. The road was again twisty and foggy, but the trees & landscape was wonderful. I drove through Manchester which has a population of 260'ish people. Then ther...