Summer Preview

Apologies for the delay, May was a very busy month! Lots of new pics, but need to digest, so here is a preview of some trips I took last summer, and what I'll be seeing again this year and posting up.

I always go to Humboldt during the summer. From the valley, you have to get over the coast range, and the fastest way is up through Lake County. Here are the mountains separating the lake from the valley (they don't look high enough to me to be able to do that, but apparently the lake prefers to drain towards the west). Note the almond grove on the right, there were tons here.

 Once over the hill, the pavement got a distinct red color, I wonder where it is from...

 Oh, this quarry. They seal the roads with this red dirt, shows the volcanic origin of the area

 This is Mt. Konocti, an extinct volcano. The lake surrounds it in three sides, I really liked the stone railing here

 Willits, gateway to the redwoods and Humboldt, if you can get through the traffic

 The rest stop was really funny, they made these concrete posts look like wood for some reason. Either be concrete or be wood, not both

The only view out to the lost coast, goes forever...

This rock has a non-PC name related to a native american woman who killed herself off of it in the 1800's in response to a white raid that killed her man

 

 Ah, the Eel river, named for the long fish that populated its waters. 101 follows its' south fork's course

This bridge goes over the river next to the largest landslide on a california highway. They made the bridge, a huge project for the area and state, to avoid the entire area

The first glimpse of the river

 OK, no more till later in the year, sorry to tease

Morning in the redwoods

 Mt. Lassen

 Mt. Shasta (I'm getting closer to both this year)

 Whiskeytown Lake

 Rando waterfall going into the lake

 Refreshing, no?

 On my way back home, uh oh! No, it can't be...

No, no! Trailers, open fields, it can't be...

 Tents, vans...

 That confirms it, anytime there is a bus in a field in Humboldt county, you can bet there is a big hippie festival going on. Damn hippies... (I'm being slightly facetious here, they are mostly really good people)

 I have no idea what they do in this dome, but it can't be anything good. lols