This morning we said good bye to our Winston friends and headed for Salinas for our last night on the road.  We really enjoyed getting to spend some time in Winston and hope it won’t be too long until we are able to stop by again.

I picked Salinas so we could get over to the 101 and hopefully escape some of the heat and traffic on I-5.  Additionally – I had planned for Robin to meet us at Dargan’s in Ventura for our last lunch on the road.  All those plans went by the wayside when the information came in that Salinas hotels were going to be VERY expensive.  So, in Redding we decided to just keep going down I-5 and see how things went; we would pull over and spend the night if we got tired – otherwise, we’d just keep going.  At that point the only thing I was thinking about was getting home.  Eight Hundred miles seems like a long way and don’t get me wrong it is; and fourteen hours is a long time to be on a motorcycle.  However, the thought of not having to spend the night in a hotel somewhere & being home made the miles go by fairly quickly “There’s No Place Like Home.”