Travel Blogs from Shasta, United States
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Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Nat'l Recreation Area
I started the day with a drive to Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area. I drove around the lake and then relaxed on East Beach. I had my beach chair with me so I sat on the shore of the lake with my feet in the sand and water ...
Shazam
... the top of Mt Shasta and had a picnic as it was totally clear and you could see for 100 miles! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Shasta We entertained ourselves all day with 70's cartoon speak (Shazam!! - Scooby Doo etc). The town of Shasta Lake is an ...
Black Butte I
... people needs to move to Mt. Shasta and open a gourmet ice cream shop.Right now there are thousands of sweaty tourists milling around Mt. Shasta City looking for a decent ice cream cone.Then we drove to Crater Lake. See picasa for more photos ...
OH my god!! Is this heaven???
... , but when we get to the Shasta area our jaws just dropped! we spent the night at a very nice motel at the base of Mt Shasta (which is actually a volcano), there was a full moon, or close to it, and it was sitting right next to Mt Shasta. not much else ...
Mount Shasta, Northern Californian
... Californian After 2 hours waiting to get our hired car and we stored away our backpack off we drove. Next plan to visit Mount Shasta. An impressive Mountain to it's full glory. It took us good 4 hours to get there and it was rewarded with the first ...
Houseboat Trip
Day 1 of the 2005 Shasta Invitational Houseboat trip kicked off with a 3 prong directional attack. Dave Roumonada drove from Montana to Seattle, picking up his son Tony and driving down I-5 to meet us in Redding. Tony Pennella flew in from Kennewick, WA ...
Fun Times on Mount Shasta
... the day before the climb, so I didn't have quite as much time as I did at Rainier to stew over my chances for summiting. The Shasta climb was split into three days, day one to base camp, day two to summit, and day three out of base camp. Our ...
Weed, CA? I thought that was west of here.
... everywhere in Oregon but maybe Weed is too laid back for that nonsense. I'm leaving my newly beloved Oregon and heading to Mt. Shasta, a big ass volcano just waiting to make a new Crater Lake. Maybe within the next 500,000 years! Ooh, ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!
Hey everyone, after my trip from Cambodia to Thailand, I was able to get a flight the same day from Thailand to San Fransisco. I just got home and am loving the western toilets!!! Thank god for clean water, cooked food and the U.S. health department. My ...
Life on the Road
The road means getting up at the crack of dawn to catch a bus after being kept awak all night by the blaring soccor game or sweaking bedspring in the hostal room next door. It means sucking dust on a long buss ride while manically trying to ...
Three Adventures in One, Lake Shasta
... Grant's Pass to Redding on the trip Michael, Ian, and I took to see the northern California Redwoods. I was so excited to see Shasta.... except, when we got there, I couldn't see it. First, because it was too overcast and raining with a bit of ...
A mountain to climb...Lake Tahoe to Mt Shasta
... and swimming in summer..... still dreaming ....... But one must move on, and we had decided to move on to Mt Shasta, another one of the 'places to visit'. And it most certainly is. Definitely even more so, if you ...
Camping with wolves
... boating around the lake and up the Sacremento River. It was really nice and relaxing and a great way to get a suntan! (or sunburnt in my case) The next morning we left Shasta and headed out for a trip back to the coast through the Trinity National ...
A calm connected evening
We left Ashland, feeling quite connected. Even joy filled. We took the short journey to south to northern Cali @ Mt Shasta ( we've done Alot of late night driving. So now were getting back to a daytime schedule ) Near the bottom of a potentially ...
Hello Helen Lake
... was busy. About 20 tents lined the ridge. We settled into the last of about 10 sites. We had a great view of Shasta City and some of the surrounding mountains, but we got very little wind protection. A fellow mountaineer brought up some 2005 merlot ...
Arrive in Mt. Shasta.
Drive up was beautiful and a bit stressful with a baby. We made it though, and as we made it out of the car the family was ohhhhhing and ahhhhhhing over ...
A beautiful spot for Father's Day.
Well worth the visit - right under Mt Shasta, quiet but with all fun stuff if just camping and fishing has lost it's luster. Small cantina, shop, open air movie at night - but v low key and relaxed. Also has great little basic cabins. We feel like Becky ...
Here we go!
We are off and running! We have never taken a trip longer than one month. Its weird to know we won't be home for 6 months. Hope we paid all the bills! We look a little like the Beverly Hillbillies with the towed Jeep stacked with ...
Heading to Horse Camp
We left Red Bluff around 9 a.m. to drive to Shasta City and get our permits. Our plan was to hit the trailhead at noon and make the nearly 2-mile trek to Horse Camp by 2 p.m. We picked up our permits at Fifth Season in Shasta City. Nice little store in ...
LONG drive through California
... ; Not much in the way of interesting scenery until we hit Redding where we finally hit pine country. Stayed at the Mt Shasta KOA for the night - inexpensive compared to the local motels and the playground for the kiddo was a plus. FYI - this ...
Napa to Mt Shasta
... Mountains. The driving is becoming a little more intense as the curves of up mountain and down mountain increases. As we enter Shasta Lake National Park, we notice a sign with flashing lights. When the lights are actually flashing it is a warning that ...
Things people give us/ people who give us things
... like, for example, my entire 'kitchen' bin- spoons, forks, a cutting board, a good cutting knife; books on tape, a road atlas of the united states, etc). My dad taught me to use each tool I needed to make my bed. And along the way, each person I talk to ...
Oppad noorde toe
Hier in Mt Shasta het ons gou gestop oppad weg van Tahoe af noorde toe, meeste van die dag gery. Soos ons van ver af ry het ons al hierdie berg gesien.... plus minus 100 myl weg en hy steek op sy eie uit. Toe ons nader kom toe is dit net heuwels en woude ...
Okay so.....
So, we hitched up our trailer to our truck, and we drove up to Lake Shasta, where we camped ...
the weather was fantastic.
I could have lived here in this weather forever. It was beautiful beyond words. ...
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