Depart West Sac homestead: 52of, 5:51amPST, 883mi
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Rolling south on I-5: sunrise as we approach southern border of Sacramento county...
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... low lying fog over the countryside at sunrise...
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Rolling south on I-5 along about Patterson...
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Lost Hills/Pilot 1127mi 9:26amPST 59of
244.2mi in 3:45hrs w/23.7avg mpg
12.168G 2.099/G $25.54
& while there, $04.02 for 2 ea sausage in a roll
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at Buttonwillow, 58 east towards Bakersfield, w/pause for photo op w/blossoms...
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... on to Bakersfield, and over Tahachapi Pass...
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through Kramer Junction at 395, through Barstow and onto I40
w/ride down historic Route 66...
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... this part of historic Route 66 went through lava fields from which samples were,
of course, collected... some pieces were left - TOO large to
pick up, had critters under them, etc...
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Note: I went down this very piece of highway long about mid-summer of 1971, at night, before
I40 existed, in a 1959 Cadillac towing a trailer that was 7'10" wide,
and, at EVERY gully's bridge (all of which were narrow!) I met an 18-wheeler - just
aimed at the center of my lane and crossed my fingers... apparently that worked...
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... ok... back onto I40...
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