Saturday 15th September

The California contingent is on it's way. Having overcome a distributor problem in Cambria, we were dismayed to hear that Joe and Naomi Manelis ran into further problems on their drive to meet up with the rest of the California group in Winters, California. Joe reports that the problem is likely in the valvetrain, and the prognosis is not good. Fingers are crossed in the hope that the problem is not as severe as it sounds...

Meanwhile, David and Lloyd met up in Monterey and drove through the fog to join up with Jerry in Palo Alto. After a quick coffee, we were on the road. We'd decided to take the freeway up to Red Bluff to save some time, but then the fun began...

140 miles of smiles

Highway 36 does not have a lot in common with I5! It is a rolling twisty scenic drive, and on this sunny Saturday afternoon was pretty much deserted. We did not get to enjoy all the 140 miles of smiles, but enough to wipe the I5 frowns from our faces. We then took an unplanned short-cut to Highway 3, which turned out to be another great road.

Pausing to enjoy the view

We rolled into Weaverville a little after 6pm after a little over 400 miles. Tomorrow, we head off to Bend, Oregon to join the start of the NWOL proper...