Redding Travel Blogs

I was looking at schochon's profile thinking "wish I lived in a place that was that beautiful in the winter", feeling bad that I have to go to the desolate, picture starved, scrub brush mountains of L.A. (no offense, just not my cup of tea).  Then I walked out of the back door to my shop and w…

It was getting dark and I could only see a little at the time, but Lake Shasta was practically empty, due to drought, or to put out the fires, or a little of both. It looked like somebody had drained an artificial lake. It definitely needs some natural TLC. I continued my drive south until late at …

Morning came quickly in Crescent City.  Maybe the wind blew it in early!  Not really sure what time we left but we drove for an hour and a half, about 85 miles south, to Eureka to have breakfast.  That was another of the cities we had placed on our possibilities of moving to.  A…

After spending a month in the Sierra Mountains, it was time to pack up and head on out to Turlock where I visited my daughter and her family. We had a nice time and I then continued north and pulled into the Redding, CA Elks Lodge for the night. On this leg, I blew another one of the Chinese, Nank…

    What a delightful ride it was in the tow truck! It was quite new and the seat bounces while riding on bumpy roads. It felt as if was on a carnival ride, being high off the ground and experiencing the smooth bounces. While having the SUV attended to at the hospital (auto deale…

San Diego, California to Portland, Oregon

Stopped here for lunch at Applebee's before continuing past Mount Shasta and through the Siskiyous to Ashland.

taking on the U.S. until January 2008

Well we drove all night through a huge snow storm in which was at it's worst in Grant's Pass, Oregon. I know I am from California and I don't see snow all of the time but I've seen my fair share, with that being said - These were the BIGGEST snow flakes ever! as big as a baseball, it was so surreal…

An incredible hike through Lady Bird Johnson Grove in the south end of Redwood NP started the morning right.  The sun shone through the massive trees, shooting lightbeams through the fog- a spiritual experience!  It was crisp and cool, very fall-like weather there with lots of fog. We sa…

The west coast has definitely its own distinguished characteristics. I spent 3 months in Portland, Oregon, during the summer both working and exploring.