Geez Jim, next time pick "Best Route" rather than "Shortest Route" on the drop down menu! Might be worth it to go through Alturas if you want to seriously test your friendship with Ernie. That part of the world rates a 9.8 on the Tedious Travel scale. Yeah, I'll bet that Desert Rose place looked pretty good considering the nearest Denny's is about 250 miles away. Lucky you guys didn't end up alongside the road with fire in your eyes, throwin' MGD bottles at eash other!

Wow, they sure spruced up Kla-Mo-Ya. Got some blacktop in there it looks like. Most of the population of Oregon couldn't tell you where Chiloquin was even if you had a gun to their head. I found it when I was routed off I-5 due to bridge construction and they didn't want any 26-wheelers busting up their Peoples Republic of China cement till it had set. Got a Kla-Mo-Ya slot card around here myself and harvested some chips too. Clyde and Tony sold me a snapper from the joint, bless 'em. Anthropological mystery how Gypsys must have intermarried with the local tribe and opened up the casino. Great food at the Kla-Mo-Ya casino. If you're 13 years-old. Coke? Popcorn? Baby Ruth?

You guys see any log trucks? How many of those hats does Ernie have anyway? My route from Reno? Go through Susanville but don't hit that deer in downtown like I did and rejoin I-5 at Mt. Shasta. Trade Kla-Mo-Ya for Seven Feathers in Canyonville. Hardly any cows standing in the road if you go that way.

Seriously, thanks for the pictures Jim. Sounds like fun, what's better than chips and friends?