Back to Washington - Day 1

My Mom and Fred were picking me up at 8am, so I reluctantly got up at 7am after a few hours of sleep. It was an uneventful start of the drive, and made our first stop after a few hours, at a rest stop. The same one my Aunt and I stopped at a month ago on our way to Redding. We then continued for a few more hours as it started getting rainier and rainier. Our goal was to stop at a Big Bear Diner in Redding for lunch, just to find the place surrounded by cops and a fire truck. We tried to go in anyway, only to find a water line broke at the restaurant and they stopped serving people. We knew there was another one an hour up the road in Mount Shasta City, so we decided to stop there instead of finding another place to eat. As we got close, the rain started coming down and my Step Dad was noticing the temp outside was going from 35 to 34 to 33… and then we noticed that the rain seemed to be floating through the air. It was actually snowing. When we parked at the restaurant it was still snowing, but nothing heavy as it wasn’t sticking. I thought it was cool, because I love snow and rarely get to se it, while they were more worried about the pass in Oregon. After lunch we headed on into Oregon and made it to the pass. At this point there is snow on the ground on both sides of the freeway, and it was coming down pretty good. So much that the visibility sucked, and we even saw an over turned truck on the side of the road with emergency vehicles. Yikes! Once over the pass, the snow turned back to rain and we made it to Roseburg, OR. We checked into the hotel around 5:30pm, then my Mom and I wandered next to the hotel to a Petco and stuff. And they were actually selling ferrets. Unusual to see them in a pet store. We then decided to order a pizza to be delivered, as we were exhausted from the long drive, then just crashed.