The Road Here Goes Inland. The Narrator and Chris Would Have Been Much Warmer, Had there Been No Rain as you see here.
“(Start Chapter. 30.)At Arcata we enter a small diner, cold and wet, and eat chili and beans and drink coffee. .. Then we are back on the road again, freeway now, fast and wet. We’ll go to within an easy day’s distance from San Francisco and then stop.“
Rt101 turn off on Rt299 into Arcata, CA. I did not attempt to locate a 1960’s style restaurant in Arcata. For this and several later photos, I’m sorry not to be able to always show photos appropriate for the Narrator’s passages describing driving at dark and in the rain. New topic: The Narrator says “within an easy day’s distance“. Just a few miles back from here, I saw a sign that said “298 Miles to San Francisco” This is one day’s drive by Narrator’s typical travel standards already mentioned several times in ZMM. As best I can determine (by “best fit”), the Narrator’s next motel is at (or near) Fortuna CA, some 25 miles further South. Of course, I use the Narrator’s local scenery descriptions both before and after his next motel (page 359). So, in keeping with the factual underpinnings of ZMM, next Motel is “within an easy day’s distance“, in keeping with the factual accuracy and realism of the story!!
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