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Return of the Two Gringas

Day 2 - Tuesday 18 March 2008 - Oregon-California

"What happens if you plant a shoe?"

We left Chemult this morning and headed down to Crater Lake. At the turnoff to the north end of the road that runs through the park, we discover a sign that says the road is closed for the season, winter that is. Crater Lake is high and even last October when I was there considerable snow littered the ground. So we do a by-pass as the south end of the through road is a little out of our way.

As we head through southern Oregon toward California, we break out of the rain and start to enjoy a beautiful day of sunshine. We soon discover that there really isn't much air in our little car with the back seat packed full of stuff, and the slightest sun through the windows warms us up quickly. This is not a good omen for Mexico where the air temperature will not be a comfortable 60F, but rather more like 85F or higher. The AC that we plan to install in this car is currently down in Belize and will probably be one of our first projects when we arrive down there.



As we drive through northeastern California, we come upon an odd sight. A lone tree beside the road filled with something that one would not expect to find in a tree: lots of tennis shoes with the laces tied together. It seems that someone started the tradition and others have simply added to it. I'm sure the locals refer to it as the tennis shoe tree.

Passing by Reno to fuel up, we try to decide whether to drive by Lake Tahoe or head over to Sacramento to line up with the west entry to Yosemite. Just then we make contact with our first 2 gringas meet-up. So we head over Donner Pass and down to Auburn to find Leah-Ann's lovely townhome. We enjoy a very nice dinner, some interesting conversation and bed down for the night.

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MissDenise is Denise Louise Kolb
Her email is deniselouisekolb á gmail ó com
Her personal blog is at deniselouisekolb.blogspot.com
The new Two Gringas blogsite is TheTwoGringas.blogspot.com

I talked to MissLena tonight and they are doing fine and will be in Prescott Valley AZ tomorrow evening to stay with me and my son. I am really looking forward to meeting them and sharing the experience. Drive safe!

Miss Lena, I live south of San Antonio, TX.

I have to say that I really enjoy reading this. Go Gringas Go!

We are all living this great adventure thru you ladies, keep the stories coming!!!

Two Gringas Visit Azbob:
I'm so glad Lena and Denise could stay with me last night and share their experience. We had a great evening and morning before that had to be on the road. I learned so much about Belize and thank them for every "jewel". My cat, Scout, was trying to get in their bags this morning and hitch-hike to Belize. They would have let him too, being the "cat" ladies they are, but smuggling him in might be a problem with all the "meowing". May your adventure be free of problems and you return safely to your beloved village. I will be there to see you soon and continue my adventure in Belize.





This is my first attempt at posting with a picture so don't laugh if I scew up, please!

Ok I didn't get it right! I'll study the process again:excuse - i'm old.

Let's try that again:

You got it Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!