Las Vegas, NV to Burnaby BC

We left Las Vegas and headed for Burnaby. It was a long trip and we are both exausted but arrived safely without experiencing any winter driving. We crossed to Interstate 5 and travelled most of the way up on it. Although we normally like to avoid travelling on the Interstates it turned out to be a good choice in this instance and we would definately consider it if we had to make the journey at this time of year again.

We managed to get off course in Barstow, CA and stumbled on Route 66. There are bit of the Old Route 66 scattered through out the country and every so often you find yourself driving on it.

We saw two of these big trucks loaded with oranges and windmill farms in Mojave CA and then moved on to a rest area in Woodland CA where we saw cherry trees in bloom. The next rest area that we stopped at in Corning had olive trees with some olives still on them.

Shasta Lake and Mount Shasta were really remarkable as was this dragon sculpture that we saw at Yreka. We found a pullout just after we passed it and David stopped while I ran back and took some pictures.

We saw many sheep farms in Oregon and as you can see we even saw a pet Pig at one of the rest areas. The couple were travelling in a motorhome and their pet pig was on a leash like a dog. Cute!

We were told that this pass, Grants Pass was closed the day before but it was clear roads when we went through. The teired mountain was at Roseburg, OR and I thought it was sort of neat.

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After crossing the border it was great to see the mountains (even if they had snow on the tops) and we were glad to have finally made it to Burnaby. It was a good trip but a long one.