Blogs from Redding, California, United States, North America

....continues from last entry! Well it’s amazing what you can find when you mooch around, no not anything of scenic beauty but we did find a K Mart – which Abi had told us about and most impressive of all they sold levis for $19.98! and had some in the sale for $11, got very excited and then noticed they were all size 4, somehow I just knew I had no chance!! We did discover they sold quite cheap sleeping bags though and we will need them for when we stay at the Kampgrounds of America sites so at least now we know where to buy them. We also checked out another massive supermarket and spent ages drooling over all the wonderful gallons tubs of ice cream (no we did not buy any), after a bit ... read more

September 3, 2009 All my life I’ve been a chronicler. Perpetually feeling the need or desire for reecording my wonderings, my feelings, thoughts, reflections both internal and external in words and images. Gotta keep a record, lest I forget. Gotta reflect, be deep, poignant, poetic, clever, relevant. You know the drill. For the past weeks I’ve released myself of any such discipline, having let go of my journal, hardly emailed anyone, and not entered my musings onto our blog. Instead I’ve enjoyed just being in the moment, present in place, and quite on the go I might add. Here are some pics of our backpack trip with beloved friends from the Bay Area. I brought a camera but nothing the read or write. It’s been most enjoyable but perhaps I’ll re-explore the joy of using the ... read more

Along with our visit to see friends in Redding, we planned to see the famous Sundial Bridge, which we saw last evening. The Sundial Bridge is a unique pedestrian only bridge over the mighty Sacramento River. And as the amateur scientists know out there, a sundial has variations from a clock due to seasonality and limitations on the position. But it is warm here, so we went after dinner. When you are setting up a sundial, you must also align it correctly with the Earth's axis for it to tell accurate time more frequently. Since the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay is a bridge that was made to span a narrow portion of the Sacramento River, it could not be aligned at the correct degrees. Because of this, and because the angle of the style must ... read more

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Eureka NV welcomed us last night without frost. But today we want some California warmth. So we plan a 320 mile drive west across Nevada, bypass Reno and onto Susanville, CA. Not that we know anything about what’s at Susanville. Highway 50 stayed true to its character of: surveyor straight, little to zero traffic and gray green sage bush. The highway planners decided not to run the route through the Clan Alpine Mountains because of the significant elevation and route finding. Instead they did a end run south around the Clan Alpine and we came out between Sand Mountain and a large salt flat near Fallon, NV. Since BC does not have salt flats, a stop and several pictures satisfied our curiosity. Then we hurried onto Reno on Interstate 80. Reno had ... read more