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But soon after Shasta and 90 miles from my final destination for the night in Oregon, MAGIC !!

Ok, I did stop at the first stop I saw after this, but this is all I got! :-(

And then, quite unexpectedly (because I've never been there before) I was upon Lake Shasta. Wow, didn't know. Quite stunning and another beautiful drive! Unfortunately no good pull out spots, so you and I am stuck with my questionable pics while driving.

And still later on Day 2, equally happy Mr Petty was wrong, and there were in fact NO breakdowns. :) There was however one WTF moment when a piece of foam seem to come unglued from under the hood and was flapping around. After watching it for some time, I decided it wasn't going anywhere and not...

But very happy my display was still reporting "No Warning Messages"!

Ok, after some hiatus (I was moving, Kirkland to Kirkland, settling into new digs now), time to continue with Day 2 (after some detours in my story). After that interesting toll bridge pic in Northern Cal, things got pretty boring for awhile. Like THIS boring (Phil Collins on my random tunes...

Oh wow, I thought I had recovered from my Breitling illness and now you show me this, thanks a lot @virtualmacho! After recovering (I thought) from said illness and several unnecessary purchases large and small (my affliction runs mostly towards Omega and Breitling, but others were included...

Just reading this terrible news @Time2Fly, very sorry for you. I assume this was a tow home event? On the edge of my seat awaiting your news to see if you have a resolution.

I used to have a list of the stops along the Motoring Classic route but can't find it now. But here's some pics. https://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/events/pebble-beach-motoring-classic/ I think the entry fee is around $15,000 AND you have to be chosen after you apply based on the provenance...

You're very welcome, and glad I'm not boring everyone! And I know what you mean, I'm vowing to return myself, hopefully when I can spend more time, and definitely once Hwy 1 through Big Sur all the way down the coast is finally reopened (and before the next landslide)! Maybe retrace the route of...

Yep, pretty remarkable for a toll bridge camera, and that's the original pic, unretouched. And yes getting away for just a few days and enjoying the car and the scenery was pretty special.

After spending WAAAY too much time catching up with my friend, I headed on up the road to Oregon. Some interesting things to note on this journey. 1. My center screen, which was displaying a split CarPlay view of my nav and my tunes blanked out. Just went dark for no reason. Then, it seemed to...

Since I felt I had plenty of time to make it to Callahan's by dinner time, and not expecting a lot of stops along the route I chose (basically bypassing San Francisco and the Golden Gate bridge altogether and heading up the east bay the quickest route to pick up I-5 just north of Sacramento), I...

It was only after my trip that I realized that in bugging out of Scotts Valley so hastily I missed a golden opportunity for some twistys on CA-9 straight into a redwood forest and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. And it only would have been a 15 minute detour. Never been there but looks like it...

Day 2, not so early departure (9:30-ish). Misty morning on CA-17 through Scotts Valley but Sunday so light traffic. Rain-sensing wipers turned on (oh WOW, my wipers work, didn't know. Hadn't tried them up till now!!) Haven't been on this stretch in a long while. Every bit as beautiful as I...

Day 2: So after a great first day driving through California and my overnight in Scotts Valley, it was time to plot my course for day 2. I had strategically booked a room for that night just over the Oregon border at a place called Callahan's Mountain Lodge in Ashland Oregon, for several...

Loving the McLaren rep's comments. :)

As much as I wanted to head further down the coast road from there, it would have been a ways until I got to more ocean views, and traffic was getting jammed up going back north. So I started heading back up CA-1 to Santa Cruz for dinner. Along that journey were the great and expansive ocean...

Day 1 continued: So after Morro Bay, and nice drive through San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, then a relatively boring drive the rest of the way up the US-101, I took the CA-67 cutoff at Salinas headed for Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea. In the process, I completely forgot this route would take...