It was an early morning wake-up call. For what it's worth, the Droid rooster alarm ring tone deterred me from even wanting to hit "snooze." We loaded up the HTV (our "herp transport vehicle"), positioning the critter containers so heat could reach them. Of course, we needed a supply of Red Bull and beef jerky!

So.., what do you do for 8 hours on the road? You make observations and have fun bantering with your travel partner!

Being a native So. California beach chick, here are the things I noted:

Traffic is so not like the 405, one of our major freeways in So. Cal.
Japanese ivy is very invasive - noted lots of the trees and foliage being choked out.

The leaves are turning colors! Am so deprived of seasons in Cali; love how the leaves signal autumn has arrived.

Cows..cows..sheep..cows..horses...cows..llamas..and more cows. The most cows I ever seen in Cali is just up the 5 before Gilroy, where there is a huge dairy farm.

When you hear strange noises along drive, it's probably the frogs calling; we have a set of dumpy frogs in the containers.

Limey and I had some crazy banter during the 8 hours; it's amazing how silly we can get.

"I want a nap"
"Fine, I'll drive"
"But you'll whine"
"But you'll be napping?"
*slight pause*
"But then I'll wake up to a barrage of whining"
"Fine, don't nap"

He eventually napped Wow, that was the quietest part of the road trip!