4月6日. 早上8点半我和朋友去圣荷西机场拿之前在网上租好的车, $7.2/天, 不限里程. 有3款车供我们挑选, 道奇的CALIBER, 雪佛兰的AVEO和福特的FOCUS. 我们选了辆FOCUS. 再一人一辆车开回我家, 停好自己的车就出发了.
走680向北, 过了BENICIA桥之后继续北上, 在FAIRFIELD之前接入80号公路向东.
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一路的刀郎.
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银星假日.....真不好意思叫它酒店.
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此时是从湾区出发2个半小时左右, 远处已经可以看到雪山, 那就是内华达山脉.
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离赌城RENO还有一个多小时的车程, 赌场广告就已经打到这儿来了.
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星巴克. 你们猜我会不会停? 呵呵, 这家没停, 早上出门前自己煮的咖啡还没喝完.
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可爱的蓝天和白云.
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出发3小时后, 我们第一次停车在80号公路旁的一个休息站. 大量的旅行者和集装箱卡车司机都驶进休息站歇脚.
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注意, 这不是乐非, 也不是孟佳.
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这个休息站也是一个纪念1865年从中国广东来美国修建铁路的劳工的纪念站. 当时他们修建的铁路纵横错综贯穿整个美国, 这里仍然保留着1000英尺的当时的铁轨. 当时, 这些来美国的广东劳工有一个非常不好听的名字, 这里就不说了, 让我们向这些先驱者们致敬!
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经过了一番身心的放松后, 我们再次上路. 这里已经进入雪山, 海拔节节增高, 这里已经有4,5千尺, 到了滑雪场的高峰, 海拔可高达9千至1万多英尺.
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越来越高了哈.
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离我此次旅行的第一个目的地还有25英里, 离第二个目的地还有59英里.
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到达这次行程的第一个目的地--DONNER LAKE了.
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美丽的DONNER湖.
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雪山上的栈道.
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DONNER湖边的度假屋.
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可就在这美丽的DONNER湖畔, 却有着美国西迁史上最惨烈的悲剧之一.
DONNER湖, 取名与一个伊利诺斯州的一个庞大家族的姓氏.
1846年4月16日, 正是风靡一时的淘金时代. DONNER家族一行87人, 90辆马车, 从伊利诺斯州的斯普林菲尔德出发, 预计4个月的行程, 试图横穿2500多英里到现在的加州州府"三个馒头"(SACRAMENTO)附近淘金. 在到达TRUCKEE湖(DONNER LAKE之前的名字)时, 正值11月初, 大雪封山. 整个队伍就此搁置下来. 而在这冰天雪地中, 却难以寻猎飞禽走兽, 连TRUCKEE湖都完全结冰, 根本无法捕鱼. 一开始, 他们先吃携带着的食物, 后来开始吃食随行的骡马, 再后来, 通过家庭会议后, 决定按家族成员年龄排列, 从年龄最大的开始吃, 终于在第二年的3月, 积雪逐渐融化时, DONNER家族最后仅剩的48个成员离开幸存下来, 离开了雪山, 继续前往加州中部.
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对岸湖边的度假小木屋.
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供游人停船的码头.
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离开了DONNER LAKE, 我们回到80号公路上继续东行, 驶往RENO.
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