The Wheels on the Bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. : The road home

Saturday, August 17, 2013

The road home

We stopped in McCloud for 4 days of great Square dancing.

McCloud, a quaint historic village on the south slope of majestic Mt. Shasta. Bypassed by time and blessed with a 5,000 sq.ft. maple floor dance hall built in 1906. The location is peacefully quiet with starry nights and spectacular scenic beauty.

8/23/13

Lake Shasta

The water level is much low now than when we passed by in June.

Redding

The Sundial Bridge provides pedestrian access to the north and south areas of Turtle Bay Exploration Park. It also forms the gateway to the Sacramento River Trail a 35-mile-long trail that extends along both sides of the river and connects the bridge to the Shasta Dam. Drift boats of fishermen are often seen passing beneath the bridge as they fish for salmon, steelhead and rainbow trout.

Cooling his feet in the Sacramento River

8/24/13

Brentwood

Brentwood began as a farming community in the late 19th century, and still is known throughout the Bay Area for its agricultural products, primarily its cherries, corn and . Due to urban sprawl many of the old farms and orchards have been replaced by suburban developments since 1990. Brentwood is increasingly residential.

Orwood RV park and Marina

California Delta at Orwood

There are some 1000 miles of navigable waterways in the California Delta labyrinth, an area rich in history--from the era of the Lauritzen Indians, through the Spanish settlement, to the gold rush, the creation of the levees, the golden age of steamboat travel from Sacramento to San Francisco, and to its current popularity as a destination for camping, fishing and boating.

Visited with some of the Long family