Today went much better than I was expecting. It was the largest amount of miles in a day of the trip and my prior experience with I-5 didn't lead me to believe that it would be fun. It turned out to be a good drive. As soon as I cleared the Bay Area I was able to get my itrip working, so had the ipod cranked up.
It was interesting to watch the scenery change the further north I went. The flat farm land and orchards around Sacramento gave way to the mountains around Shasta and then back to farmland as I entered southern Oregon.
Driving through the mountains around Lake Shasta was beautiful. The road meandered along and played peekaboo with Mount Shasta. The lake level was very low as a result of the dry winter, but was stunning all the same.
As I drove over Mount Siskiyou, the highest elevation on I-5, the temperature peaked at 105 degrees and I was very happy to have air conditioning in the car. I finally arrived at Springfield at around 7:30 p.m. by which time the temperature had fallen to a balmy 84 degrees.
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