You do know that Interstate 5 in and near Redding is going to be a minor mess for a while, right? But all the work is for the sake of better traffic flow and safer conditions. The two biggest and,… Continue Reading
Do you feel guilty yet about this weather we’ve had the last few weeks? Me neither – at least not yet. While most of the rest of the country is digging out from recent snowstorms, we’re digging the sunscreen out… Continue Reading
Did you take my advice and break away from the football games on television last weekend? If you did, you’re welcome. If not, there’s still hope for you this weekend. The tube will offer another 14-plus hours of “must see”… Continue Reading
This coming weekend is shaping up to be just about perfect. The weather forecast is ideal and the calendar is jammed with great events – including two of my favorites all year, the Manton Apple Festival and the Win-River 125… Continue Reading
Fall isn’t only for football. It’s also quite possibly the best time of the year for running and cycling, especially once enough rain has fallen to moisten the trails and to wash the grime and goatheads off the roads. We… Continue Reading
Those of us who live in the West, especially the rural West, tend to take public lands for granted. It seems we have easy access to endless tracts of public land for hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, gold panning, rock climbing,… Continue Reading
Four of us were struggling to keep our footing on the side of a hill covered with tall, dry grass. Dead ahead of us was a thicket of poison oak and 10-foot-tall manzanita. We were marking a potential trail route… Continue Reading
Labor Day weekend has countless traditions. For many people, the three-day weekend provides the last camping or backpacking trip of the year. Others schedule their first hunting trip of the season this coming weekend. Some mark the beginning of college… Continue Reading
If you’ve ever spent time in the backcountry of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, you’ve probably come across all sorts of service roads, old logging and mining roads, and features that look like they might have been roads or trails at… Continue Reading
We have one last weekend before school starts, and – hooray – the national parks are offering free admission. That’s right, there will be no entrance fee at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area or Lassen Volcanic National Park this Saturday and… Continue Reading
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