Vacation: We start in McCloud

On our first day of a short vacation to the north east part of California, we headed north on I5. A few miles south of Redding, Karen saw the sign for the historic Cottonwood district, and since it was a good time for a lunch break, we took the off-ramp. In the mid-1800’s Cottonwood was […]

Glenn County High Point

Track followed

It turns out that on my last trip into the Mendocino National Forest west of Orland, I didn’t go far enough west to find a geocache on page 65 of the Northern California Delorme map. I remedied that today with a fun trip into the remote parts of Mendocino National Forest. My […]

Vacation with family

Our family at the cabin

For several years now, we have tried to take a week-long vacation together with our kids and grandkids. We have been to McCall, Idaho, Bend, Oregon, Lake Tahoe several times, Lake Almanor, and Mammoth Lakes. This year we chose something close by to keep the travel time for the little […]