03 June 2009: Coming down from Susanville with the sun rapidly vanishing, we still attempted to find a state historical marker in the dark near Milton, with no luck. We found our way to Honey Lake rest area, and spent the night.

It was already warm at eight in the morning as I got up to expore a brand new rest area (such adventures!). I discovered that it was pretty.

I couldn’t see the lake from the rest area, but a historical marker cluster told me that it was part of ancient Lake Lahontan. Pyramid Lake in Nevada is also part of that, and when I went to Grimes Point in Nevada, that also used to be on the shores of the huge ancient lake.

Things are interconnected.

The rest area had wonderful views of a dry expanse, swathed in mist. The road, highway 395, was flanked by a marching band of dark green, wooded mountains.

There were gulls waiting around as I left the RV, and the air was full of birdsong. As rest areas go, this is one of the prettier ones. It’s always good to wake up to misty mountains.

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