I-5 approximately follows the original Siskyou line of the Southern Pacific between Weed and Eugene, while 97/58 follows the longer-but-gentler route that SP built years later and which is now their main line. Lisa prefers this route for various reasons and dislikes the I-5 route.
My grandfather was one of the construction workers on I-5 through this area, and back in 1969-70 he and my grandmother rented a house in Weed (it's still visible from the freeway), as it saved him having to rent a motel room for months. I came and stayed for them for some period of time -- I don't remember how long it was -- when I was, I guess, between 4 and 5 years old. (It must have been before I was five because my parents divorced when I was five and I ended up living with my grandparents for the next seven years thereafter, but it was after the time in Weed. I mainly remember that the railroad tracks ran right outside the back yard and the trains crews would wave to me.
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My grandfather was one of the construction workers on I-5 through this area, and back in 1969-70 he and my grandmother rented a house in Weed (it's still visible from the freeway), as it saved him having to rent a motel room for months. I came and stayed for them for some period of time -- I don't remember how long it was -- when I was, I guess, between 4 and 5 years old. (It must have been before I was five because my parents divorced when I was five and I ended up living with my grandparents for the next seven years thereafter, but it was after the time in Weed. I mainly remember that the railroad tracks ran right outside the back yard and the trains crews would wave to me.