We're now just south of Mt. Shasta, in northern CA, poised for sibling and kid hugs and marathon bridge games in Ashland, Oregon. Beautiful here.

Among the highway signs we've seen along this thus-far 5744 mile journey:

• Zero Visibility Possible (on I40 outside Amarillo, TX); 
• Rest Area 33 miles (posted on a highway city distance sign, in west TX); 
• Elk Crossing next 70 miles (70 miles!) on I40 outside of Flagstaff, NM; 
• a large hand-scrawled BATES MOTEL sign outside of Walnut Canyon National Forest in NM -- showing a sense of humor, I trust.