Mt. Shasta

On our way down we saw Mt. Shasta and almost hit an Elk! We were driving down I-5 after dark and wanted to make it as far down as we could. We wanted to leave early Saturday to get a lot of road behind us, but had a leisurely morning and by the time we pulled out of the driveway, it was 3pm. We made it to Shasta Natl Park before it got dark and as we came around a corner, we saw a huge multi-point buck standing right in our path. He was in our lane and Heidi was driving @65mph. She didn't see him and I knew we didn't have time. I grabbed the wheel and gave a slight correction as he barely brushed his tail on our side mirror. If we had hit him, most likely he would have come through the windshield (as it has a small crack-Jon if you were here we'd have you fix it!) and with his antlers, it could have been a wrap-around coming through the drivers side door/window. We are thankful and grateful for God's provision and were in shock for the next 10 miles. We stayed our first night in the car in Yreka CA. We thought it would be safe to stay near a hospital so ironically enough, we slept in the car outside of the "Sleep Diagnostic Center" Anyway, We will be sharing more photos and stories of our trip hopefully on a daily basis with new pictures appearing daily.