California: Reaching the Pacific!

From Reno, Nevada I drove hard to San Francisco.  No stops, just a lot of interstate.  It was a bit of a culture shock, seeing other cars and highways with three, four, or five lanes of traffic all heading the same direction.  Here's a picture of the mountains near Lake Tahoe: 

I was surprised how different the land was almost immediately after crossing the border.  I guess I was expecting it to be an arbitrary border, like the one between Utah and Nevada, especially since on a map it looks like a straight line just drawn by someone thousands of miles away.  I suppose that's true, but the line was drawn to go around Reno, and Reno is located at the foot of the mountains...

A few hours later my tired, dusty car and I had our first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean.  San Francisco, we have arrived!