Nearly 3.5 years ago, I had the great pleasure of driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco mostly along the Pacific Coast Highway, and had wanted to do something similar the first opportunity I could.
This time it was a drive from Seattle to Palo Alto where I had my next set of business meetings to attend to, instead of flying between the two cities.
We first began by driving to Mt. St. Helens National Park (unfortunately we did not have time to go to the actual peak, which the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions of our lifetimes and the largest recorded landslide), then through Mt. Hood, the Warm Springs Reservation (surprisingly, after all these years, the first American aboriginal reservation I've visited), and spending the night in a cute little town in Oregon called Bend (which little to our knowledge served as a refuge for big tech employees during the pandemic).
The next day began with a visit to Newberry National Volcanic Monument before heading to Crater Lake, which was honestly one of the most beautiful views I've ever seen (the pictures do it little justice, sadly).
The last long drive finished with a night in Chico before heading into Point Reyes, San Francisco, and the Bay Area.
The trip reminded me of the various national park and 'Americana' articles I used to read in National Geographic as a kid, and hope I can get the chance to do this in other parts of this great country.
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