> Oh, not at all, really... it is about an hour to the
 > Sacramento area
 > from here.. and another hour perhaps to Chaw Se... not
I wasn't sure how long a drive it was from your area to Sacramento - thus, 
the long guess.
 > Driving to Los Angeles takes 4 or 5 hours.  Driving to
That part I am aware of - it took us 9 hours to go from here to Walnut Creek, 
a year ago July.
 > an even longer time but I couldn't say exactly as we
 > tended to stop a lot and drive easy (for the kids' sake).
We stopped more this year than we've done in the past, maybe because we 
decided to take shorter driving days and weren't so pressured to "make time". 
:)
                                 -donna
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