Dan Abel > wrote in news:dabel-B1752B.10560527022009@c-61-
68-245-199.per.connect.net.au:

> We don't actually take that route. We take the back roads, which avoid
> the traffic and reduce the miles.

When you posted that, I was so groggy I actually thought you said you lived
100 miles east of Hangtown. LOL.

I'd take 116 et al to I-80, then 12 across to 88. 88 north using the Ione
cutoff, then 49. A lot longer, but a lot more to see.

It's been 25 years since those were my native haunts. I can't imagine how
much it might have changed since then.