Dan’s Family has a house just south of Mount Shasta in a town called Dunsmuir. It is about 4 ½ hours north of San Francisco and it is incredible. The house is located on a bend in the Sacramento River. The view is amazing. Everyone goes fly fishing, although they weren’t catching as much as they normally do. …Dan and I don’t fish, but we did enjoy the smoked trout! Dan’s step mom, Theresa, caught a 16” fish on our last morning there.
Dan and I spent our time there enjoying the beauty around us. There is a waterfall just a miles walk down the railroad tracks and we had a chance to see just how cold the river water is, even in August! It was great. The only bummer was how much smoke there was from all the wild fires. We couldn’t even see Mount Shasta very well. : (
Dan and Theresa took me to another one of their favorite places, Little Glass Mountain. It is the most bizarre thing. It is a giant mount of obsidian, formed from one of the volcanoes in the area. It was really neat….and very sharp…ouch. We brought back souvenirs but luckily, few scratches. That area of California has a couple of volcanoes. One is Mount Shasta, one is Medicine Lake. The lake is 7.4 miles deep and was formed by a collapse of something called the caldera after a huge explosion. There are also lots of lava beds with caves and other strange sights. We went to one called Ice Cave. It is a huge crater with a cave that the Native Americans once hid from prosecution from the government. There is always ice in the depths of the cave. And boy was it a welcome chill after the 90+ temperature outside.
…California is the only place I’ve ever been to that you can drive for half an hour and go from 95 to 65 degrees. I can’t wait to go back!
