Yreka to Medford to Yreka to Medford ... and South Dakota

From Susanville, we headed up to Yreka, CA, right on the CA-OR border. The northwest was picking up, so it was a good place to pre-pro and be available for being picked up. 

My Favorite called an old friend of his who works at ODF (Oregon Dept of Forestry), who put our ships at the top of his To-Call list. Sure enough, ODF friend picked up the ship, so we headed to Medford, 45 minutes away.

My Favorite texted ODF friend and said, "thanks for the gig" and ODF friend replied "Put it out, Lithus" to which My Favorite replied "Wilco!" And he did. Which means we worked 1.5 days in Medford and then had a couple days off, as the crew waited to be picked up again.

Now, here's the thing about Medford ~ my family lives in the town over. Which means time in Medford is time with them.

But when they weren't picked up by ODF again, it was back to Yreka, which is less expensive than MFR. At the same time, it makes the ship available to WA, OR, CA, and NV. It's a good central spot to pre-pro.

Yreka has an Indian food restaurant. In a truck stop. We've eaten in truck stop restaurants before. We've eaten out of the convenience stores in truck stops. But Indian food felt different somehow. Nonetheless, we are bold and brazen, so we ordered truck stop Indian food.

It was some of the best Indian food we've had in a really long time. If you're ever in Yreka, stop at the truck stop for dinner. You can even take it to your room and have a nice meal.

Eventually, though, fire season means moving on. Last night, we got the call. Where were we going? WA? OR? Southern CA? Maybe even NV? Nope. He was being sent to South Dakota.

That's a full-day flight for him and a 4-5 day drive for me. Or should I fly and rent a car? How long would I need a car? Where would we be sent next? Back here, or somewhere out there? How do we get our car back? Wait, what, Texas is even in play? Fucking Texas? And South Dakota may only be two or three days. He could be leaving before I ever get there.

We decided I would head back to Medford and check into a hotel there until Saturday. He took off to Custer, SD this morning. I will be checking into a hotel in Medford this afternoon. I'll hang out there until Saturday, which will give him time to get a feel for how long they'll be in SD or at least in the general not-on-the-west-coast area. Saturday, I'll start driving west. I'll end up where My Favorite is at some point. Because that's what we do.

And the adventure continues.