Catching up Tuesday - Thursday

 Sacramento to Redding

Headed to Knights Ferry which is the setting for Joan Didion's first novel River Run. I even drove on River Road which I believe is where she grew up. From there I was able to drive along the levees and near the River to Hamilton City. Then North to Red Bluff where I caught Jelly's Ferry Road in Redding. In Redding the computer would not connect to the Internet, it was a bad stay.
    Redding to Arcata
On to Dunsmuir and the town of Mt. Shasta where I found the head of the Sacramento River, see photos. Next I was off the Edgewood where I got off of I-5 to Gazelle the on the Gazelle-Callahan Rd. to State Route 3 over the Pacific Crest picking up the Trinity River to Weaverville, a town frozen in time. Then it was 299 and a push to  Arcata. Got my Internet back but was to beat to do much except to put up a couple of pictures.
    Arcata to Garberville
Arcata to Ferndale and on to Petrolia and Honeydew on one of the worst roads in California. Humboldt Public Works sucks. The drive was grueling.

 

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 The Sacramento River Channel. From Knights Ferry North to around Colusa there is no vegetation on the East side while the West side is fully vegetated

Fishing

The town of Afton.

Jelly's Ferry Bridge one of the scariest bridges in California. The surface is torn up and it shakes.

Class A road  kill on Jelly's Ferry Road. This road was one of the more interesting drives. Earlier there were a pair of Vultures picking away at a similar sized carcass.

Jelly's Ferry Bridge and why it is scary.

Sun Dial bridge in Redding, very cool.

View from Sun Dial bridge, the people in the boat are drift fishing.

The Sacramento River as it passes through Dunsmure.

The ever present Mt. Shasta

After several days of heat when I woke up in Arcata there was fog. This is the view from above Ferndale, a town that is to cute.

Ferndale Cemetery, the best thing about Ferndale.

The road through Humbodlt Red wood State Park, some places are so narrow only one car at a time can fit. The park which is a short drive from 101 is worth a stop.