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395: The open road
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
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
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
The Bogard Rest Area is about 28 miles west of Susanville on highway 44. View Larger Map...
Old Station and the amazing disappearing horizon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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...
