Shortest passing lane.....

 7:50 am - Tuesday - June 16th - LPG&RVR - 66° F, humidity 19%, cloud cover 11%, wind 12 mph out of the northwest....partially cloudy today with a forecast high of 95° F.  On this date in 2020 TLE and I returned to Gardiner, MT to visit with Kristen Dodge with whom we worked at the Mammoth Hot Springs General Store back in 2017.....

....she was working at the 'Two Bit Saloon' in Gardiner.  We had a great reunion which included a couple of brews, and a Ruben sandwich.

Between Likely, CA and Alturas, CA there is what I believe is the shortest passing lane in the USA.  This is not hyperbole.  It is so short that as soon as you can enter the passing lane there is a sign right there saying 'DO NOT PASS'.  All of the signs announcing the passing lane to the 'DO NOT PASS' sign are within 100' of each other....here is the sequence.....

In this photo you can see the series of four signs....you can see where the passing lane begins ahead on the left side of the picture 

.....I'm not sure why this passing lane is even here. By the time it is legal to enter the passing lane you see the 'RIGHT LANE ENDS' sign, and a few feet further the 'DO NOT PASS' sign.  This passing lane is located about 2 miles north of Likely, CA on the southbound side of US-395.  I thought when they repaved this section of highway last summer they would eliminate this passing lane, but they did not....lol.

Once again, on day two of our four day weekend, I did not leave out site.  TLE and I watched four more FIFA World Cup matches.  All of them were ties (0-0, 1-1, 1-1 and 2-2).  The 0-0 match was between the SMALLEST country in the World Cup, Cape Verde (never heard of it---population is 530,000), and Spain, the team favored to win the 2026 World Cup.  Spain could have scored 5 goals in the first half, but the Cape Verde goalie repelled every shot on goal.  Because of the 'David verses Goliath' feel to the match it was one of the best matches we have ever seen.  Spain controlled the ball 76% of the time, basically playing the entire game inside Cape Verde's third of the field, and yet this tiny country somehow earned a point (each team in a draw gets one point).  Most of the matches in this World Cup have been competitive with only two, or three being one sided affairs.

I was able to remain outside on the 'lido deck' until almost 2 pm when the temp hit 88° F on its way to a high of 91° F.  We'll probably head into town on Tuesday for our weekly shopping foray, but for now just hanging out at our site is perfect.  Today, Tuesday, we will see the highest high of the week....95° F, and then by Friday we'll be under 80° F again.

Thanks for stopping by!