Oregon California Border

Not sure what it is about driving, but when I am travelling long distances, the last thing I want is to have to be slowed down.
I decided to drive up the 101 last week and back in about a 30 hour span. I was driving down I-​5 on the way back. I was tired. I wanted a bed. I then saw signs about the «agriculture inspection station» at the border. I had read about these at location inbound locations to California. With all of the signs, you would expect you were approaching Fort Knox.
After finally pulling up (with a brick of freshly purchased Tillamook cheese hanging from my mouth) to a station with the lanes separated (so you can talk to an officer I assume), I was directed to the one closest to the building. I tried to obey the speed limit (which was nihil, followed by a stop sign) and also obey the stop sign, a guy demanded I kept going, like he was pissed I obeyed the traffic laws.
Hey dick, I am not going to get set up for blowing a stop sign at a border crossing so you can pull me over 5 seconds later– not going to fly! I am glad it was the middle of the night. What a waste of time.
I guess they didn’t care about the cheese in my mouth. Maybe Cali is trying to see if that new Oregon weed competes with the Cali weed? I guess they won’t find out if they keep telling people to blow the stop sign! I would just say play cool and exercise caution upon entering. I was for sure I would end up missing but I lived to tell the tale…

While it is always fun to cross a border between territories, if you blink or do not pay close attention you will miss the famous signs! There is of course the border crossing station in CA that will ask you if you have fruit or vegetables prior to entering CA, there is rarely tie with traffic to pull over anywhere to capture a picture of the true border. It is beautiful however hard to capture unless your skilled at photography while driving.

Don’t Blink Or You Might Miss It!
SITREP
After driving from Portland, and filling up the tank with gas in Medford, this sign (not more than 15 – 20 miles South of Ashland) is like my halfway point (psychology more so than of miles) for my journey back to Sacramento.
THE LOWDOWN
If you are on the return journey, with no more significant stops to visit & socialize, always nice to see this sign which means I can put *the-​pedal-​to-​the-​metal* and blade-​run to Sacramento across the Mad Max landscape.