The Idiot, who usually meditatively meanders along the Pacific Ocean when he drives from one end of California to the other, avoided almost any contact with his fellow human beings when he stuck to two-lane blacktop during a pandemic road trip from Palm Springs in SoCal to Redding in NorCal.
Here’s what parts of the drive through the Mojave Desert and along the Eastern Sierra Mountains (think Mount Whitney and Yosemite National Park) to Mount Lassen looked like.
The Idiot left Palm Springs, where he been mostly isolated in a villa with his grandchildren, for the Mojave Desert.
The two-lane blacktop through the Mojave Desert was not as congested as other routes heading north in California.
The Idiot enjoyed the curves and sights during his lonely drive north through the Mojave Desert at 56 miles-per-hour.
The cloud-covered eastern Sierra Mountains include Mount Whitney, which The Idiot climbed in 2007.
The Idiot sent this photo of Mount Whitney to the group of friends who climbed Mount Whitney with him in 2007.
The Idiot rarely saw any other cars in his rear view mirror.
Serious snow still has not hit the Eastern Sierras this season.
The Idiot briefly contemplates a lake swim when he arrives in Lassen County.
The Idiot dines out north of Susanville, CA.
The Idiot briefly contemplates a hike in nearly virginal snow.
Traffic isn’t too congested near Mount Lassen.
The Idiot relaxes and looks at Mount Lassen from his living room in Redding, CA.
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