This trip was to visit my brother which I do once or twice a year. This is the earliest I have gone (normal is mid April to late October) and I was set on taking the Barracuda, weather was a factor on the route there and back, just Thursday I saw that Caltrans had plows out on I-5, may have been lite cleanup but I didn't want to take a chance and backtracked the 101.
One evening I took my niece out and let her drive the car, she thought it was fun but very different, you have to drive the car.
After my visit (and 4 days of slave labor) I hit the road this morning, first stop was at Sunset Beach in Warrenton Oregon for some pictures, a little early so the sun was low, still cool.
Surprisingly there wasn't a lot of traffic, the slide may have had something to do with it. These are all take on US-101
Speaking of the slide, I chose to stay on the highway and idle through the gravel if I had to, it was flagged and paced. probably less than half a mile.
Somewhere south of Crescent City I needed to stop a clean the windows, might as well take some pictures. I needed a break anyways.
A little further south.
I had another detour planned but my notes were wrong so I missed the turnoff, another trip.
Gas Report:
First fill (half the tank from the way north)
171.3 miles 16.01 mpg (some mountain driving)
192.0 miles 18.92 mpg (some traffic in a couple towns)
134.2 miles 20.39 mpg (good as cruise control)
Alan
