First of all, accept my apologies for not updating this overdue blog for a long time. Some of it was due to laziness, some of it was due to work, and some of it was due to planning and preparation for Florida trip. Now I am back and so is some activity on this page. This entry is in continuation with . We stayed a night at Burney, CA. Next morning, we drove north to the Mount Shasta. We got some stunning view of Mt. Shasta from the highway. Mt. Shasta is a 14,179 feet tall stratovolcano. It is not connected [View Full Entry]

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The 4th of July Run/Walk is the big shindig each year in Mt Shasta. It's become so popular chances are you won't find a room if you haven't booked one already. There's a KOA camp in town plus camp sites at Lake Siskiyou, but if you do plan to be in Mt Shasta over the 4th, better find a place to stay now. Gas is always at least 30 cents higher in Siskiyou County than either Redding or Medford/Klamath Falls, so top off before you come to town. If you think gas prices are high where you are...you ain't seen nothing [View Full Entry]

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It’s springtime in Mt Shasta-finally. After more than a week of sloppy skies, my cats have abandoned the wood stove for mouse patrol. The dreary skies failed to keep the summer wanderers in the valley. I saw my first purple hippy bus yesterday. Summers in Mt Shasta always pull in a variety of strangers from jet setting guests at Hearst Castle on the McCloud River to old hippies with their flying hair and rickity buses. Most of the tourists fit somewhere in between- just working people happy to spend a few days in a small town at the base of a [View Full Entry]

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Although my dream is to travel New Zealand, I live near beautiful Mt Shasta, home of the Lemurians. Lemurians are kissing cousins of the Irish Leprechauns. They're short, mischievous and very hard to see. I've lived there many years and haven't seen one yet. But, I've never seen the space ships that come to the mountain for refueling either. It's been a cold hard winter, but I'm looking forward to spring and the new crop of animals. Even the mountain lions that wander through my property. Tangerine [View Full Entry]

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I left Cottage Grove after work on Friday. I was a bit anxious about the drive as I was unsure about the weather conditions. However; the road was really clear and I got to Linda's in Yreka, California at about 7:15pm. Linda then drove the remainder of the way to Mount Shasta. Luckily she knew exactly how to get there. Even in the dark you could tell the place was lovely. Our lodge was right next to the lake and it had a real flame effect fire, which was just as well as it was freezing outside. The roads here were [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday our USA road trip across country from San Francisco back to the east coast kicked off. Jason, Talula, and I started out heading up to Weed, California just north of Mt. Shasta. The drive unfortunately began later in the afternoon and most of the 4 hour drive was in the dark. We stopped 80 miles in at the Pilot Gas Station and I was excited to see gas as low as $3.29. I always find large gas stations with shops fascinating. This one in particular was huge- selling music cd's to donuts to teddy bears. The stations bathroom, which is [View Full Entry]

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Many people believe Mt. Shasta has supernatural powers, from the Native Americans known as the Shasta to the multitude of residents that make their home near the volcano today. Adherents to Hinduism, New Age beliefs and Buddhist monks are drawn to the volcano's serenity and imposing presence. So are outdoor enthusiasts, because at 14,200 feet Shasta is the 2nd largest volcano in the Cascades- so high most of the time is creates its own weather. The Japanese religion of Shugendo, Lao Tsu and Hinduism all had it right- this mountain, like many other striking skyscrapers of stone, has some sort of [View Full Entry]

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