A Drive in the Country

Yesterday was my darling wife's birthday. I took the day off from work and told her we could do whatever she wanted. She chose to take a drive on a narrow, bumpy, rutted, rocky, dirt road that climbs and winds 16 miles between Lopez Lake in Arroyo Grande and Pozo. It's called High Mountain Road, and we passed at least four warning signs about possible unsavory conditions.
I'd planned to get several pictures, but once we turned onto the dirt I was busy hanging on!

But Margot had a blast, four-wheelin' down the road. And it was her birthday, so that's what it was all about. After arriving in Pozo ( a ranger station, a saloon-open on the weekends, a library that closed a couple of years ago and a shell of a school building that closed in the '50's) we found a wide shady spot by the side of the road and had some delicious sandwiches that we'd picked up earlier. I took over the driving - on nice wide, paved roads - and Margot napped with a big smile on her face all the way home.