When driving here yesterday, we were\nunable to see Mount Shasta, a huge, probably dormant volcano that\nrises east of I-5. The clouds had it obscured yesterday but today the\nweather was clear with only a few puffy clouds. We took advantage of\nthe weather and elected to go see Mt. Shasta from some rural\nlocations northwest of this monster. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThe entire summit and most of the\nsteep portions of the shield around it were covered with ample snow.\nMany shield volcano cones were also visible and it was a wonderful\ndrive. We passed by some very pretty ranches, a half dozen or more\ndeer, lots of happily grazing cattle and huge expanses of juniper\ntrees (they call them mountain cedar in Texas even though they ain’t\ncedars). We passed through an old town called Tailholt that once had\nstores, a saloon, a post office and some businesses along with a\nthriving community of folks living on large plots of land around\ntown. There is nothing but fences, gravel roads and a nifty stone\nmonument with a plaque now. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once we got partway up the shield at 4,000′ elevation, we could look back into the valley through crystal-clear skies at the patchwork of volcanic terrain, beautiful pastures and Weed, Lake Shastina and Yreka below. It is really gorgeous here although it is still unseasonably cold at night. There is a bird that lives in the tree outside our trailer with an early rising habit. It starts merrily singing at around 4:45 in the morning, right at first light. It is okay, though. After I identified the culprit, I seemed to have acknowledged and then promptly ignored the gleeful chirping and went right back to sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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