Driving from Santa Rosa, to Sacramento, to Stockton has a middle-earth feel. You’re leaving the foggy coastlands, mountainous terrain for the heart of the state, the flatland center where drama is left behind. Visited Family Christian Bookstore in Santa Rosa first and had a nice visit with sunny Meghan. Visited Borders and B&N too. Amazing Grace acting up again, but a stop at Verizon fixed her. She’s shut up and behaving now.

From Santa Rosa, edging around San Pablo Bay to Vallejo, the sun came out. An electronic road sign caused some alarm–watch out ahead–’racing day’. (?) Oh well, we made it. There are lots of SUV’s on the road out here, and big pick-up trucks, even some jacked up hummers. For some reason I’d expected to see only small cars. Driving along – mountains to the north and abundant sunflowers along the roadside, bay water shining to our right, blue skies with silver clouds ruffled from winds aloft, golden fields of hay as we neared Sacramento, stacked in square blocks instead of rolls. [...]

Check out the full post and photos from the trip on Pamela's blog!