Todays’ driving challenges began first thing. After I made the coffee and Granny and I broke camp from our private little getaway, we had to drive the Ruby Van up out of the canyon over the rutted steep gravel road. We made it. But only by a hair. We came to a stop a couple times but were able to back up ten feet, change our driving angle and we made it. Quite frankly, it was a miracle!
Once we hit public roads again “Apple Maps said it was 5 hours 22 minutes to my friends Scott and Sarah Robertson’s house in Bend, OR. The drive would actually take us a daunting 12 hours. A sprinkle of rain met us in Chico. A deluge in Redding. We were turned around by the law for not having 4×4 or chains just north on the 5 and had to backtrack to Redding.
We had no business continuing but we dodged around to the east over snowy pass after snow pass and over wind blown ice pack roads all day long. It was something like Redding to Burney to Adin to Alturas to Lakeview then in to Oregon and up Route 31 and eventually to Bend. All the relaxation Granny and I gained the last two days was lost in todays grunt. But we made it and there will be some bull trout fishing coming soon.
Jeff,
Glad you made it. Family members in California have been experiencing the same problems.
Good luck with the fishing!
Tad
Jeff Currier and bad weather… how about that!. Seriously glad you are both safe and fishing.