Dennis Dixon is heading West!: 2023 Fall Trip - Day 13-of-21

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 - Time to put Bishop, California in my rear-view mirror, and head north:

I left The Hostel California at 6:30 AM. My first stop, 50 miles and 50 minutes later, was from page 457 of my "Guide to Scenic Highways & Byways": June Lake Loop:

Back on the highway, it is good to see that Some People have their priorities straight:

By 11:30 it was time to visit quaint, folksy South Lake Tahoe - well, maybe not so quaint or folksy, with the casinos and Hard Rock Cafe:

Pretty Views going up around the west side of Lake Tahoe:

I was going to stop at "Inspiration Point", but it was just too crowded (on a Tuesday afternoon):

Lake Tahoe dominates every aspect of life out here:

As I headed north alongside the Truckee River, I saw a hawk come down and get a fish:

I made my way out to the Donner Memorial State Museum:

where they had a great picture of a picture in their collection - Albert Bierstadt - "Donner Lake from the Summit", 1873 oil. The painting itself was not available to see:

I then headed down and visited a handful of towns along the north side of Lake Tahoe - Tahoe Vista, Kings Beach, Crystal Bay, Incline Village:

I made it as far south as Sand Harbor Beach, but I said no when they wanted $15 for parking:

A final goodbye to Lake Tahoe:

Up and over some mountains, and I made it to the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada at 5:30 (they close at 6):

Unfortunately, the two most-interesting things in The Museum are the hangings in the stairwell:

and the workmen installing new artwork:

I said goodbye to Reno:

I said hello to a beautiful sky (and some Post Offices):

and at 6 PM checked into the Super 8 in Fernley, Nevada:

I drove 389 miles in 11-and-1/2 hours - Thank you God for this wonderful Adventure Day! Good to get back out on The Road.

OH - I saw 21 Post Offices today:

My favorite was 95728 - Soda Springs, CA:

Music for today - just what is on my mind:

Neil Young - Are You Passionate?, 2002:

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty, 1977 live album:

and of course, lyrics to the Title Song:

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
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'69, I was 21 and I called the road my own
I don't know when that road turned into the road I'm on

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And now it's time for Northern California (San Francisco) bands:

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1968 debut album:

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow, 1967 debut album - of course they would call their 1st album "Surrealistic Pillow":

Grateful Dead - American Beauty, 1970:

Dead and Company - 2017/06/18 Boston, MA, well, yes, I WAS THERE:

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Then it was time to follow my train-of-thought:

David Bowie - Pin Ups, 1973 - he did "Shapes of Things" from The Yardbirds:

The Yardbirds - Yardbirds Greatest Hits, 1967 greatest hits album (I owned this album) - Jeff Beck was lead guitar on "Shape of Things", "Over Under Sideways Down", "I'm a Man", Happenings Ten Years Time Ago", "Heart Full of Soul":