and maybe even a spare antique store :)

Okay, a tad bit off track....

I have been searching the CHP/Caltrans sites for info on the Grapevine, the area where the fire is {maybe right after or before} and nothing.

Is HWY 5 open? I am heading up in a few days...

Help? Oh, and did someone say 'antique store' in Gorman? And a Sizzler? I haven't noticed. Isn't the place right next to the big gas station, is it? Or is Gorman the place further that has a Jack in the Box?

I5 is open. ummm... I want to say that Gorman is after you hit Lebec, heading south, but I am usually too busy trying to slow down through there to pay much attention.

Correct.

There is a Sizzler, an Econolodge, a Carl's Jr, and a couple of gas stations. Not much else.

CHP can run heavy through there. I usually have to remind myself to slow after topping the grade going south and then going north I am dodging trucks.

According to our local news, the fire is no longer threatening I5.

Thanks, you guys!

Ah, yes, thanks :snap: for the info on the CHP. Would hate to add the cost of a ticket to our trip.

So there is an Econolodge {LOL, of course, that is where you started this thread, right?}. Was it clean? Safe? We are coming down from Sacramento and will either stop there {yes, a planned stop!} or in Diamond Bar. Big difference, right?

When we've driven through there, we've mostly nervously watched the temperature gauge, suffering without A/C.

The last time {oh, I think it was end of March of this year}we were stuck in traffic from a big accident. The freeway was stopped. We had little walkie talkie radios {well, I guess now that I am an adult, they aren't called walkie talkies?} and cracked up because others did, too, and were talking back and forth from different vehicles. We have done that on road trips when we've used more than one car.

Thanks again, you guys!

When I read this thread title, all I could think of was...

"Who is Gorman ?"

There goes the Coke. *Pfffffftttttttttt*

:D

It was suprisingly clean... for an Econolodge. The beds were hard and lumpy, and the whole place smelled... well... old. But other than that, not bad. Oh, and the ice machine is in a janitor's closet off the lobby. And when you go to get ice, just ignore the stares from the small East Indian family who seem to be permanent fixture of the lobby. They seem nice enough.