Day 4 May 21 2022 to Whiskytown Nat Rec Area and Yreka

Good morning world! I'm up at 6:30 and out to walk the dog. There are a few early risers. So beautiful, it will be hard to move on from here. So we dump the tanks and off we go. Our first mishap of the morning, Paul forgot to take the cap off the hose before he dumped. Not sure if he put a hole in the hose but he sure has a mess. That's the second time we've done that. I have to come up with something goofy and obnoxious to help him remember to take the cap off. Someone recommended bright nail polish to paint the cap red, or attach an obnoxious tag or sticker to it.

229 miles to Whiskeytown, our first sticker stop. It is not a national park, but a National Recreation Area, but it is in our book.

Lovely rest stop off the I-5 in Yolo. We look miniature next to big ones....

As we're driving, we see lots of vineyards and orchards, but they're not playing the game fair. If you're going to grow something, you need to put a sign as to what it is, so we can know when we drive by.

We see Lassen Peak off in the distance, no time to go there this trip.

Now we can see Mt. Shasta in the distance. It looks bigger than Lassen, but maybe it is the distance. Paul said it's bigger.

We are at an Iron Skillet and made Braun a licky mat of peanut butter. He didn't go to eat it until we came out. He took it to the back and dropped it PB-side down. I hope he cleans up after himself.

 We stopped at the visitor center for Whiskeytown Lake for our covered sticker and stamp. Took a long look at the lake and remains of burned out hillsides coming back a bit.

 

Our buddy did clean up his licky mat mess. Such a good dog!

Shasta lake is very low. Sad, but on to Shasta, CA.

Closer

Closer still

We came very close by a cinder cone, but could not find the name.

Yreka, We made it to Yreka!

This is our home for the night.

We set up our table and chairs. and Braun was happy on the tiny patch of grass we have.

The breeze is lovely, so is the wine. Played some tunes and relaxed.