La Quinta Inn Redding

(With apologies to Carly Simon!) Well, it's not ALL just waiting. There's obsessively checking the weather in Rome; revising the packing list; dithering about which luggage to use; shopping for must-haves, and then returning them...Very important step today: got my husband set up to use Skype! Only one big hurdle remains: SHOES!

Any delusions that we would have a lot of sun while in California were dashed pretty soon. You may have read about the bad storm that moved through CA bringing high winds and torrential rain. We rode the storm out at an RV park near the Klamath River (which fortuantely did not overflow!) and then headed inland towards Redding, CA. We thought things had eased up but we ran into a lot of rain on the ...

... we stayed at in Bellingham for when we get back home.

When we arrived at our hotel we thought the best way to get rid of the road kinks was to go for a swim, which we did. It felt great! After a shower and clean clothes, we walked a couple of blocks to the the Ramos Mexican Restaurant and split the Mexico City Tacos--perfect!


Title Language: Spanish

... or anywhere else without an escort with a "key card" Luckily I had my key card by mid morning and I was "free to move around" (alone) LOL

There were some issues with one of my sign ins and in the process of trying to fix it, I ended up with my Supervisors authorizations with my sign-in. (promoted my 1st day lol) But that didn't last long, I was soon, demoted back to just me he he.

My trainer, Lynn is really nice and she ...

... hours to get down the mountain because we glacaded most of the way which is basically sliding down the mountain on your butt. It was really scary at some points because I had no control over where I was going and it was really fast. At one point I flew off a rock and tumbled down a bit. It was definitely the most intense thing I have ever done!

Marbles Mountains (Pacific Crest Trail): We hiked part of the PCT, swam in a lake, and watched the ...

... lake from where we are working now. We usually go swimming after every work day. this coming week we will be camping out for four days... I'm regretting not having a sleeping pad right now - I'm a bit sore!

Everyone on our crew is very different - I'll do some introductions next time I write!

People are leaving the library now so I gotta go!

Until next time!

... is the southernmost volcano in the Cascade chain (and may also be part of the Lassen volcanic fields -- not certain).  It's over 11,000 feet high and still a perfect cone, although its companion Shastina, right next to it, gives evidence of what such a cone looks like thousands of years after it has erupted.  Shasta is in California, of course, and so I was very happy to stop at a vista point and affix the yellow California sticker to our traveling map.  Back home again! 

 

... been able to find hospitality in Cottage Grove, but Pat had come to our Monday night presentation in Eugene, and while talking with Sakre happened to mention that she lived in Cottage Grove and would be happy to host us. They belong to the Church of the Bretheren, and so we took advantage of our time with them to learn more about their beliefs and practices. We were particularly interested because we had been told that the Quakers, Mennonites, and Brethren are the historic ...

... one becomes eager for the trip, and so were we. We arrived in Los Angeles after traveling for 24 hrs., and son Mark was kind enough to pick us up at the airport. Our bedroom was decorated by Heather for our 40th anniversary (very special). We had the joy of seeing our grandson, Ethan walking (and running) all over the house. How quickly they grow. We then enjoyed a few days with them before heading north, via Bay ...

... Sacramento. We planned to get as far as we could before we needed sleep. We passed through several farming towns & drove about 5 hours before needing a motel at Redding. Nath & I checked out the local TJ Max store & bought some cheap clothes before we all crashed after our long night on a plane.