Granny's House Bed & Breakfast
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What an amazing road..
... the foot of trinity alps..with oldy worldy stores and colourful tree lined streets...
next stop was Shasta historic park... here the remnants of a prosperous gold mining town line the main road, a bakery, blacksmith,hotel and just the walls of other local stores remain.. all abandoned when the locomotive arrived and bypassed little shasta going straight to Redding.
we now turned north again up highway 5 to lake shasta where we spent the night in a quiet empty campsite..
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Killing Some Time
... from travelling through valleys, cliffs, snow covered peaks, quaint towns, colorful and creative displays from mom and pop shops, etc.
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Shasta Historical State Park and.... Whiskeytown!
The weather is a little nicer today. Big puffy clouds with lots of blue sky. What a great day to explore!
Just six miles west of Redding is the historical ruins Shasta City. She was known as the "Queen City" of the northern mining district. The local mines soon ran dry so miners headed north. The local merchants, always mindful of ways to earn a living turned the town into a supply depot for mule trains heading for ...
Safely Through The Passes Only To Find.........
10/22/12
Severe weather here in the Sacramento Valley! Holy Cripes, I thought we left all the really bad weather back east! There is a tornado warning in effect northeast of Sacramento. This warning has been in effect for well over two hours beginning before 1700 hours. Praying no one gets hurt and storm damage is at a minimum.
10/21/12
Our effort to get over the Cascade and Siskiyou mountain passes before ...
Heading North to Oregon
... many trucks of plum tomatoes drove by us and even scattered tomatoes along the roadway.
Arrived in Redding about 2:30. Found a wonderful steakhouse near the hotel. Best steak we've had in a long time. Even beats Longhorn, which is George's favorite place if he isn't eating Shaw's sirloin tips.
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