{"id":25555,"date":"2023-02-26T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=25555"},"modified":"2023-02-27T17:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T17:27:50","slug":"life-island-times-detour-day-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-detour-day-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Life &#038; Island Times:  Detour Day 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/012423-LIT1-e1674587513747.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"59\" \/><\/p>\n<p>May 2001<br \/>\nDetour Version 1.0<\/p>\n<p>Day 17<\/p>\n<p>Go east, young man, go east.<br \/>\n-roadtrip guidance from those back in Virginia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-LIT1-e1677518844142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" \/><br \/>\nWe left San Jose after light breakfast and headed for Nevada, crossing the Sierras via CA88. In the Stockton area, we passed through a series of ridges covered with monstrously large windmill driven electrical generators. Impressive but not big power contributors. A mid-sized nuke reactor would better address the CA power generation shortfall. This is the Peoples Republic of CA, now footing the bill for the past 25 years of unfettered scientism &#8212; crackpot ecological, anti-business, anti-nuclear piffle covered by a thin veneer of scientific sounding justifications which supported unsound public policies. Indeed, \u201cpaybacks are a mother!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saw huge Redwoods as we traversed the Sierra Nevadas (Carson Pass at 8594 feet).<\/p>\n<p>Ate lunch at a 1950\u2019s era diner &#8212; Mel\u2019s \u2013 in Jackson CA. Met the local preacher who had about six little auburn-haired girls in tow all decked out in the Sunday-go-to-church Mother\u2019s Day finest.<\/p>\n<p>Redheads. Redwoods. Redheads. Redwoods.<\/p>\n<p>Just missed hooking up with an Alexandria neighbor\u2019s daughter in Reno (small world, eh?). We headed to Carson City. Stayed at a Travel Lodge (Steve\u2019s pick). Dined at a casino. Cheap but good prime rib.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Windshield Bug Smash Bingo Game winners: black<\/p>\n<p>Query count as of the end of Day 17:<\/p>\n<p>Where\u2019re you going? \u2013 19<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s that? (Steve\u2019s Valkyrie) \u2013 8<br \/>\nDamsels in distress? \u2013 7<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-LIT2-e1677518836903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-LIT3-e1677518826239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2001 and 2023 From My Aisle Seat<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2001 Detour Version 1.0 Day 17 Go east, young man, go east. -roadtrip guidance from those back in Virginia We left San Jose after light breakfast and headed for Nevada, crossing the Sierras via CA88. In the Stockton area, we passed through a series of ridges covered with monstrously large windmill driven electrical generators. 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