Today is Sunday October 29th, 2023, and Diva Las Vegas is officially over for another year. It is always sad when it ends and it is hard to say goodbye to all my friends especially Cassandra and Peggy. I got up today at 6am to get ready as I am driving home as Susan. My goal was to be on the road by 7am. I got ready and then got all my things packed, well my makeup as everything else I packed last night. I went out and said mt goodbyes and loaded up my car for my drive and I was pretty close on my time schedule as I pulled out of Cassandra & Peggy's driveway at 7:04am, and my GPS using Google maps said I would get home tonight at 10:37pm, a little over 15 hours. Now it was cold out today, when I left it was in the low 40's and by the time I got to Beatty it as down in the 30's. I did snap a quick picture in the car. I did have to stop 3 times for gas, and yes once to get lunch at McDonalds and a couple other rest breaks but they were short maybe 5 to 10 minutes at the most.
It was a nice drive sunny all the way and great scenery, yes I love road trips. Even though I have made the drive many times I still enjoy it. Now normally from Klamath falls I go through Alturas but my GPS always tells me to go another way that is 20 miles shorter so today I took it just to see. It was a very beautiful drive and it may be shorter milage wise but not sure it saves time. the road is narrower and not as well maintained and a lot more curvy so would be hard to pass slow moving cars which was not an issue as there was no traffic. The big difference is the speed limit, there is about 140 miles and it is 55 the whole way where going through Alturas it is 65. This way I can pretty much cruise at 70 where the other way in some of the areas where there were a lot of curves it was even hard to maintain 55 so I am guessing time wise they are close to the same or maybe a little faster through Alturas. Traveling at night I think through Alturas is better but it was a nice change.
Going through Willamette Pass the temperature actually got down to 27 and yes there was about 10 miles where I had some snow on the sides of the road. It was a nice drive. Now as I said when I left this morning my GPS said I would get home at 10:37 and after over 15 hours of driving I only missed it by 5 minutes as I pulled into my driveway at 10:44pm. It still amazes me how it can be that accurate. It was a great trip though and now I am looking forward to the week ahead and more Susan time.
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