{"id":351,"date":"2013-01-05T00:12:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T05:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emilywinck.com\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2013-01-05T00:17:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T05:17:58","slug":"the-wincky-niners-gold-rush-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emilywinck.com\/blog\/the-wincky-niners-gold-rush-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wincky-Niners gold rush: Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWe are having fun, I promise.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our morning drive was more “nothing”, punctuated by beautiful mountains.<\/p>\n

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Two hours later, we were in the outskirts of Los Angeles and I got to put my years of experience driving on Atlanta’s highways to good use. I must say, the roads are better in Atlanta…<\/p>\n

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We climbed 4,144 feet into the mountains north of LA, then plunged back down to a surprisingly flat, smoggy valley. We admired miles and miles of citrus groves, vineyards, and other unidentified crops. We also saw a few flocks of sheep grazing in the fields by the interstate. I wanted to get a lamb as a souvenir but Ryder wouldn’t let me.<\/p>\n

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I made a tiny bit of progress on Project 1, which Vickie correctly identified as a hat, but it was hard to get excited about crocheting a hat when it is 60 degrees and sunny… I did crochet some more pieces for Project 2. Any guesses on what this will be? (none of the guesses thus far are correct… the color may also be a bit misleading)<\/p>\n

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We decided that we didn’t want to sleep on the floor in an empty apartment tonight, so we’re staying a bit south of Palo Alto and will drive in tomorrow morning, then start unloading with the help of some of Ryder’s new labmates.<\/p>\n

In license plate news, we’ve pretty much given up hope on finding North & South Dakota:<\/p>\n

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Day 5 Stats:
\nMiles driven: 541
\nStates visited: 1. California is also big.
\nSight of the day: our hotel room! We are getting tired.
\nSnack of the day: sweet Clementines, carefully transported all the way from Atlanta, in an attempt to counteract the ick from eating fast food for four days straight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"