We slept in our car for a few hours, then continued down to Oregon State Highway 20 before the sun rose. I watched the fiery orb begin its ascent through the mountains with the knowledge that we would be racing to the horizon this day.
The road curved through the eastern hills of the state, at one point mirroring the winding Rogue River.
We stopped at a rest area to get M&Ms and we found some really cool moss.
Eventually I needed gas, and after passing several stations that looked abandoned I finally pulled up to a pump where I was greeted (for the first time since Jersey) by a gas attendant. The jovial one-toothed man informed me that only NJ and Oregon had the no self-service law. After filling up, we passed onwards, jumping between highways in order to get closer to the ocean.
We painfully drove past the exits for Crater Lake, one of the many amazing sights that would have to go unseen this trip. After a short hop on Interstate 5 we reached our final exit onto US-199 which would bring us all the way to our destination for the night: Redwood National Park in northern California.
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