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Google maps says that Glendale is south of Roseburg, near Wolf Creek.

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=glendale,+or&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=12&ll=42.759869,-123.428307&spn=0.112927,0.346069&iwloc=addr

I think it was a google map that lulled them into thinking it was a easy short way to Gold Beach. We have a similar road, hwy 36, here in Humboldt county. It looks like a nice short cut from 101 to i/5 near Red Bluff and it is in the summer but in the winter it snows, rains and freezes...

I was under the impression that they were still traveling north, not really aware in my own mind that Portland was at the north end of the state, not the south. I knew it was a border town but didn't really have that clear in my head. Hey, I lived in San Francisco from 77 to 82 and only passed through Portland once on an airline stop over, so it was never really fixed in my head. Sorry about that.

Now I know that they were on their way back to SF so Roseburg would have been before Glendale. However, there's no direct evidence that they continued on I5 and passed the Glendale cell tower on that road. The article does point out that the cell signal only indicates that they were within that towers range, which could be up to 26 miles. State 42 does come within 26 mules of Glendale at least on one stretch around 43 North, 123.45 West. That's a section of 42 that is descending from 1500 feet to around 600 feet, while Glendale is at 1700 feet and apparently the cell tower is on a hill at around 2000 feet. That could make it possible that this section is where they were when that signal was picked up. There's a small town there but my map doesn't have a name for it.