Recent Posts Tagged With '200906_roadtrip'

• 395: The open road

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 23:13 in out and about, 200906_roadtrip, reno-nv, 20090603, milton-ca, border-town-nv, us-395

  In which Harvey crosses a state line for the first time; wild and beautiful scenery is encountered; and we take part in a convoy. Sort of....

• Honey Lake Rest Area

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 14:13 in mountains, lakes, out and about, mist, rest-areas, 200906_roadtrip, 20090603, ca-395, honey-lake, honey-lake-rest-area-ca, lake-lahontan, milton-ca

  03 June 2009: Coming down from Susanville with the sun rapidly vanishing, we still attempted to find a state historical marker in the dark near Milton, with no luck. We found our way to Honey Lake rest area, and spent the night. It was already warm ...

• Susanville or bust

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 03:13 in blog, out and about, 200906_roadtrip, 20090602, ca-36, susanville-ca

  Susanville is Lassen County's seat and perches at over 4,000 feet. To reach it from the west, you plunge down a steep road and land at the bottom with a big grin. There are signs to warn you about brakes. There are several supermarkets here, a AAA ...

• Bogard Rest Area

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 14:13 in weather, rain, out and about, rest-areas, ca-44, 200906_roadtrip, 20090602, bogard-ca, bogard-rest-area

  The Bogard Rest Area is about 28 miles west of Susanville on highway 44. View Larger Map...

• Old Station and the amazing disappearing horizon

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 23:13 in blog, mountains, out and about, volcanoes, geology, rims, valleys, vista-points, post-offices, ca-44, ca-89, 200906_roadtrip

  Hat Creek, in Lassen National Forest, was once a stage stop for two of the major emigrant trails. Just beyond, the Hat Creek Rim soars up a thousand feet as highways 44 and 89 part company. The Rim is rather popular with hang gliders....

• Mount Lassen

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 14:13 in snow, volcanoes, daily photo, 200906_roadtrip, mount-lassen, spatter-cones-trail

  Mount Lassen is in the region of ten a half thousand feet high, and is the heart of its own national park. It’s easy to see why. Everywhere you look in this area, the mountain, clad in snow which won’t start to fade until July, dominates....

• Farewell, Flag City Starbucks

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 14:13 in daily photo, lodi-ca, flying-j-lodi, 200906_roadtrip, flag-city-ca, starbucks-flag-city

  The greatest disappointment of my last road trip was this–the closure of my favorite Starbucks. When I lived at Flag City it was right there, and when I rode to my citizenship ceremony it was right there, and when I stayed at Flying J, it was r...

• The Spatter Cones trail part 2

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 19:13 in blog, rving, walks, photo essays, volcanoes, trails, lava, pumice, nature-trails, 200906_roadtrip, spatter-cones-trail, 20090602

  We last saw our intrepid and rather breathless heroine taking a breather at the top of the trail, more or less. This jagged pile of gunpowder gray ex-lava provides a handy place to do just that before continuing to the second half of the trail. T...

• The Hat Creek avalanche

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 21:13 in rving, Logging, nature-trails, ca-44, 200906_roadtrip, 20090601, mount-lassen, hat-creek-campground, deer-hollow-nature-trail, lassen-vista-point

  Highway 44 mixes long stretches of Roman-straight asphalt, yearning towards the still-snowy volcano, with altitude-grabbing, ear-popping twists that skirt creeks and walls full of giant mossy boulders. (Methinks we should come back with motorcycles. ...

• Shingletown rest area

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 21:13 in rving, volcanoes, historical-markers, rest-areas, ca-44, 200906_roadtrip, 20090601, e-clampus-vitus, mount-lassen, shasta-national-forest, shingletown-ca, shingletown-rest-area

  After we’d finished our Harbor Freight adventure we decided to just set out and see what happened, leaving humid old Redding behind. We got onto the freeway and what happened, it turns out, is that we had third gear again, and that now Harvey o...

• In which we wreak moderate havoc at Harbor Freight

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 20:13 in rving, towing, redding-ca, 200906_roadtrip, 20090601, harbor-freight, harbor-freight-redding, tow-hitches

  Harbor Freight is tool central. It’s where you go for anything from hydraulic jacks down to itty-bitty little hammers for hammering your itty-bitty little projects. At any given time around 80% of the clientele will be male, wandering around wi...

• Time for a drive!

  Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 22:13 in rving, redding-ca, the-pad, shasta-ca, redding-rv-park, 200906_roadtrip, bigfoot-recycling-redding, hat-creek-campground, lassen-national-forest, panda-express-redding, trader-joes-redding

  As I write, It’s 9:30pm on June 1st, and Don’s trying to set up the satellite in the dark. We were planning on reaching the rest area south of Susanville tonight, but night was falling and a growing headache born of altitude and hunger wa...