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Easy Trip Home
Jun. 17th, 2023 08:00 pmLisa and I both went to bed early last night and woke up early as a consequence. That meant that when I went down to the breakfast buffet to bring Lisa and me trays of food, I was among the first people there. We did not rush, and we both had big breakfasts. I got a long shower and Lisa got another bath, and then we packed out of the hotel and checked out around 8:30 AM, which probably relieved the hotel, as I heard them say that they had lots of departures and arrival today. I did the driving, because while Lisa slept longer than I did, she did not sleep well and wasn't feeling all that great, whereas I appear to have recovered from the effects of the sedation yesterday.
We stopped briefly in Colfax where I got another coffee, and then at Donner Summit, where there's still quite of bit of snow on the ground at the eastbound rest area.
( But Not Very Pretty Snow )
Heading down from Truckee past the Agricultural Inspection Station (westbound only), I saw something that I have never seen before. I couldn't take a picture because there was almost no place I could have stopped to take it. The are was full of a greenish haze. We concluded that the pine trees had all released pollen at the same time, over a huge area, filling the air with their pollen. We should have put on our N95 masks back on, even inside the van, as both of us were coughing and hacking later in the day, Lisa worse than me.
We made no further stops, and got home before Noon. Yep, Roseville is a lot closer to Fernley than Palo Alto.
We stopped briefly in Colfax where I got another coffee, and then at Donner Summit, where there's still quite of bit of snow on the ground at the eastbound rest area.
( But Not Very Pretty Snow )
Heading down from Truckee past the Agricultural Inspection Station (westbound only), I saw something that I have never seen before. I couldn't take a picture because there was almost no place I could have stopped to take it. The are was full of a greenish haze. We concluded that the pine trees had all released pollen at the same time, over a huge area, filling the air with their pollen. We should have put on our N95 masks back on, even inside the van, as both of us were coughing and hacking later in the day, Lisa worse than me.
We made no further stops, and got home before Noon. Yep, Roseville is a lot closer to Fernley than Palo Alto.
