We waved goodbye to the Space Needle about 5:30 AM on Saturday morning and continued south through Washington, Oregon and California. We only stopped for gas, 2 fast food drive through windows, and rest areas to change drivers. While I drove Dear tried to sleep and while Dear drove I tried to sleep so that we both could make it through without falling asleep at the wheel.
Along the way I enjoyed the bridges in Washington and Oregon.
I waved to Flower when we were driving in Oregon. I waved to Kathy B. when we got close to Sacramento. I waved to Willow when we drove down the grade into Camarillo, California at 10:30 PM.
This photo was taken driving from Oregon into California. Saturday was a hot day from Washington to California. The range we traveled through in the heat of the day was from 98 to 108 degrees.
Mt. Shasta in Northern California
We were happy and thankful to God for sustaining us on our trip and for the fact that we were not exhausted. I so appreciate your prayers for us on this journey. We had a refreshing rest Saturday night and were ready to re-unite with our friends on Sunday at church who we haven’t seen for 6 weeks.
We retrieved our mail and there was a package for me. Whoohoo! Melissa at Melissa’s Cozy Teacup sent me the teapot I won on her blog a while back.
Melissa also sent me all these great individual tea-bags to enjoy. Thank you Melissa I love the decorative Tea Pot and I’m looking forward to sharing my tea with friends.
Have a wonderful week everyone. I’m off to the airport Monday morning to pick up my daughter and her boyfriend who are flying down from Seattle to spend 5 days in L.A. to take in Disneyland, Magic Mountain and the Beach!
Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage on their site and have replaced my photos with black and grey boxes of ugliness. I’m slowly deleting those boxes from my blog and trying to update so many posts, very frustrating.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Hello! I’m so glad you made it safely, and that your teapot arrived unharmed.
Welcome home!
Oh, yes, it is still raining, though not as much.
Wow. You recover quickly. ” A refreshing sleep”. What kind of a mattress do you have?
We ate at Bill and Kathy’s a long time ago. Isn’t that funny that that is it’s name?
Welcome back to Cal i fornia.
Now that’s a road trip. Cool tea pot.
Hi Ellen B.,
I’m glad you and Dear made it back safely. WOW! 17 hours. That’s a long drive, but it looks like you were able to experience a lot of beautiful scenery.
It sounds like you have a busy week ahead of you.
Try to pace yourself:).
Oh, you posted a comment while I was editing. The tea was wonderful, but I was expecting an English atmosphere. They recently remodeled and it’s very modern looking. So sad…I was looking forward to a little tradition and yes, I will probably be in big trouble when hubby sees the bill!
Have a great evening. See you tomorrow sometime.
🙂 Cori
glad you made it!! I love the sunset in the rear view mirror!! (or maybe that was sunrise??)
reminded me of a song….maybe I’ll go find it.
Sounds like a fun, and exhausting road trip! My dad and I leave Wednesday at the crack of dawn to take on the Al-Can (but we’ll be stopping along the way…too dangerous to drive at night with all the animals)
When you get a chance, I’d love full size copies of the pictures you took at the wedding – especially the ones from the ceremony as I haven’t seen too many! Thanks again for coming it was so great to see you!
So glad you are safely back in CA! And what a lovely tea pot! That was a nice way to be greeted upon your return.
Wonderful photos, Ellen! Wishing safe and happy travels and joyful time with family. :o) Love your teapot and all the teas…mmm…Happy Days ((HUGS))
Hi,
I just made the trek the other weekend up to Seattle. I live in Simi. The best we ever done was 20 hrs. Glad to hear you had a safe drive. There are some awesome views up there. I love the rest stop that overlooks Lake Shasta.
That sounds like a nice drive, Ellen! The scenery looks pretty too!!
And what a lucky gal you are with that gift — what a neat addition to your collection! 🙂 I might have to come to mooch some of that Darjeeling! 😉
Have a wonderful week!
Blessings.
What is the great draw to So Cal?