The Road to Lake Tahoe

Left Mount Shasta at 9:30 heading southeast on California 89. CA-89 to CA-44 to CA-36 which became US-395. Joyce took the wheel at 395 and continued on to Reno, on a two lane road for much of the drive. 

According to Google maps, we were supposed to stay on 395 until exit 38, but I thought that I would get Shirley, the GPS lady, activated because I wasn't exactly sure of the location of the campground. She immediately said to get off the highway at exit 51. We were due for lunch, so we obeyed, then at the bottom of the ramp we exchanged drivers (Joyce was reluctant to drive on city streets in Reno).

But then Shirley tried to get us back on the highway. We just wanted to find a place to park and eat lunch. Saw a Walmart sign and headed for it, staying in the middle lane because we weren't sure which side of the street to be on. By the time we saw it, it was too late so we continued and lo and behold, an entrance back to the highway. There was a space at the bottom of the ramp where we could pull over and eat.

After lunch we started back up the highway just like Shirley had wanted, but then she immediately wanted us to get off and on to 395. Wait, what? Ahhhh, finally figured it out. We were on a NEW 395 and Shirley wanted us on the OLD 395 (I guess no one told her about the new one). Saw a sign that said "Old 395, 9 miles," and the exit we wanted was 3 miles after that, so we stayed on NEW 395. All Shirley could say was "recomputing" and then she finally quieted down. She continued to pout until we reached OLD 395 at which time she started speaking to us again.

We got to the campground at 3:45. Our only problem here is the terrible WIFI. Will be here for a couple of days so probably have to find something better before we leave.

Joyce took this photo of our first glimpse of Lake Tahoe from the window of the motorhome. 

We have since found that Lake Tahoe is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. That's about the same size as Guam. Hmmmmm.