Today was (hopefully) our biggest driving day. We travelled 1036km, quite a few of these with the top down and the wind blowing through Richards hair (yeah right). This is only 27km less than if you drove from Cape Reinga to Wellington (The Terrace).
The is the Mustang convertible that we are driving around in. We had the top down for the most of the day the temperature got up to 35 degrees C with beautiful clear skies and now we're toast.
One of the reason why the kms were so high for this leg of the trip was that there were two points we needed to see, one being the Golden Gate bridge. Apparently we were lucky to have such a good day as the bridge is usually shrouded in sea fog. The last time Richard was here he drove across and couldn't see the top of the towers while driving across it.
The second reason was the Napa Valley (wine - of course). We stopped for lunch at an "information centre" place, that had lots of shops and wine tastings (and a really big chair). Then we just drove and drove (with a stop for a mimi and kai). The driving is quite easy as it is mostly all freeways which are at least two lanes and divided from on-coming traffic by a barrier or a big open space. We drove through a National Park, with mountains above us that had snow on them, but the temperature was still above 20 degrees C!
We are staying at a Motel 6 in Medford, arrived here at about 9pm. Just had dinner at a truck stop opposite the motel (we'll probably go there for breakfast tomorrow too). Early start tomorrow as Richard has a farm to look at tomorrow about 4.5 hours north of here.
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