Okay, safe and sound in Susanville at an RV park (in the tent section - last picture). The spyder does not have a huge amount of storage space. When we built it, Steve put the battery in the engine bay rather hidden under the latch on the driver's side. Its a paint to get the battery out, but the run to the starter is very short and it frees the front trunk up nicely for more storage.
For this trip, the trunk has the gallon gas can, all the detailing supplies for the car, a sleeping bag, a bedroll softie (getting old - ground is hard...), the car cover, couple of towels.
I was originally planning to take 395, but changed my mind and drove I-5 south to Mount Shasta, then cut over to Susanville. Big mistake... There is evidently a large fire burning somewhere - all the way from Yreka to about 20 miles from Shasta, the air was just awful. No where to get away from the smoke in the spyder.
It did finally clear out. Just in time for CAL-TRANS to really get into hurry up on the now DIRT ROAD and wait for the other guy. Got stopped 4 times. Easily added an hour to this leg of the journey plus the added indignity of driving this very clean car over that very dirty muddy rocky dusty road. THe signs say construction to be completed in 2008... The way home will DEFINATELY be a different route!
There is a nice view of the Hatfield Valley and Mount Lassen. The view area is new to me, but looks like it has been here a few years. Perfect weather. The car is cleaned and dressed for bed. Probably head that way myself shortly.
Funny how the miles on the road have already started to work their magic. Ahhh....vacation... angela
