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September 10
Start 38276 887.5
38277 6.259 gal 888.4
38518 – 38277 – 231 @ 3:00 p.m.
Ogallala NE
38557 168.00
7.674 gal $3.799/gal
Kimball NE stop
Made it to Kimball NE, about 22 miles from the Wyoming border. I saw a Day’s Inn sign and exited I-80 after doing about 400 miles. Total mileage at this point: approx. 1,274, more (slightly) than half way.
The phone book in […]

I’m currently at Thunder Bay Grille, in Davenport IA, eating a very delicious Black Angus burger. It’s early… just noon now. Gonna’ try to make it into (or close to) Nebraska before stopping for the night. That will put me at 800+ miles total, getting me close to the half-way mark. Marlene is tracking my […]

Day 2, September 8, 2006
Odometer: 37490 101.9 start
The TraveLodge was basic and funky. Brand new lovely TV… which didn’t work. The phone didn’t work. It looked like the floor hadn’t been vacuumed… maybe ever! After I showered I had this brief thought of putting my sandals on before stepping on the bathmat! Soooo glad I brought […]

Here we go! The daily (almost as written) diary of my trip. Some of my notes were “better than nothing” and have been filled out a bit with incidents inserted when I originally typed this up some time ago.
Enjoy!
DAY ONE, September 7, 2006: Covered about 100 miles today. Up at 4:30 a.m., finished some back-up […]

I know it seems like I’m all hung up on Yosemite, but it symbolizes for my all of what I love about California. On my first return visit to California, after an absence of 35-40 years, it was the first place I visited.

As I drove through the forest toward Glacier Point Road… through the strobe-light effect of bright sunshine filtering through the dense forest… with the window open so I could enjoy the wonderful aroma… I offered up a ‘thank you’ : Thank you for allowing me to return to this place at least this one time. I didn’t understand how important it would be for me, but I certainly do now. And I don’t care if the class reunion is a complete bust or if the family reunion is less than satisfying. If nothing else turns out to be worth the price of the trip… this is all I really needed.

This is the saga about my return to Fresno, California and what inspired me to head West, after so long. Your comments are welcome… just keep ‘em clean and friendly. This is, after all intended for family first, then friends–both old and new. And this is a moderated site: inappropriate comments will not be […]

What’s it about? You’re obviously not yet a friend and you’re not a family member, or you wouldn’t have to ask.
Sue, thoughtfully, gave me a blank Journal as part of my going away gift. Inside, she inscribed, “To Sunny, on the occasion of her pilgrimage home.” So maybe it’s about my pilgrimage home, or maybe […]