Vagabond Inn Redding I-5
Travel Blogs from Redding
What an amazing road..
... over the peaks . Markers along the roadside indicated we were now at 2000ft and the alpine forest in the distance had a covering of fresh white snow ..it was a postcard view..
still climbing the mist got thicker and soon the wipers were needed as water droplets turned into rain. it was not long until we noticed the verge was covered in about 3 inches of snow and then as we rose to the summit the snow fell on the windscreen.. windy slippery roads,3000ft up and a 5 tonne ...
Killing Some Time
Before getting in the subject of vote results, here is a video taken yesterday Tuesday while travelling to where we parked and stayed overnight. The area of the video where it was taken is called Weaverville, a community in the mountains between Eureka and Redding. It illustrates what kind of industry is king here. Of course fly fishing and hunting are tops as well.
The views were what it can ...
Shasta Historical State Park and.... Whiskeytown!
... say? "Bears Known To Be Active In The Area". Makes sense as they are fattening up for their long winter sleep. Jil
A new storm front is moving through this evening. Rain is falling- hard- as I write. This is fair warning to our friends at the Golden Spike Historical Site in Utah!
Tomorrow we move on the a little town of Grass Valley, another gold country town, where we will camp at the Nevada County ...
Safely Through The Passes Only To Find.........
... snows was, as you may have surmised, successful. In fact, the weather was very mild with nary a cloud in the sky. What a great day to travel!
We arrived in Redding (89,000 souls) just before noon, set up camp and enjoyed the 69 degree temperature. The Premier RV Resort is part of a small chain of five parks; three of which are in Oregon, one in Washington State and of course, this one. This park is well kept as are all of ...
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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