Rose Bowl Trip - Day One

Crossing the Columbia! There's one state down, one more to go....

Folks be sleepy in Salem

All tucked in

Hello, new favorite snack!

South of Eugene, I took over driving from Hubby. We had rain and a LOT of spray, followed by a rain/snow mix, going through Roseburg until we arrived in Grants Pass. We drove through for lunch at Wendy's, filled up with gas, and kept on driving through Medford and Ashland. Siskiyou Pass was overcast but the roads were clear. We crossed the Oregon/California border at 3:06 PM exactly. We crossed Oregon in five hours, baybeeeeee!!

Coming down the hill, we had our first sighting of Mount Shasta.

STUPID CLOUD

Even with the cloud, Shasta was gorgeous and huge. 

Tiny Elvis: "Look at that mountain, man. That's HUUUUUUGE."

We had dinner in Redding at Ye Olde Garden of Olives, and got into a good game of Alexander Hamilton ("If Alexander stuffed a whole bunch of food in his mouth, his name would be....Alexander Cramilton!!! teehee").

Our hotel room (Best Western Plus Corning Inn) is enormous. Hubby and I took a dip in the pool....

....and were later joined in the hot tub by two couples from the Salem area, who are on their way home from taking their kids to Disneyland for Christmas. Their 7-hour trip turned into 12 hours today when I-5 was shut down in both directions near Grapevine, CA. 😳 We'll be watching that area closely tomorrow morning! Hopefully it'll all go smoothly.