Post #801354 by danlovestikis on Mon, Mar 16, 2020 9:35 AM

This weekend we made a super fast trip to Medford Oregon for my sisters birthday. We had watched all the weather reports and leaving on Friday the 13th would be clear weather all the way up.

It was a beautiful ride with green valleys and snow only on Mount Shasta

We stopped for lunch along the way. It takes around 6 1/2 hours to get there with stops.

Steve my sister's husband prepared a wonderful dinner for us all.

Near their home are these fun street signs.

At the last corner the home was completely hidden in front by bamboo.

Around the side you could see a corner of the house plus more bamboo but not as thick.

Their neighbor was equally strange with a home full of stacked wood and a guard dog who didn't move or make a sound.

Sunday morning my sister and husband announced they had colds and we needed to head home. After a few minutes of giving them gifts we checked out of the hotel and hit the road. The 1610 sign was flashing so we left the highway at Redding to buy chains. The radio message said if you didn't have them they would turn you around. We were so lucky to find a set for our truck.

We hit snowfall. No photos. We never drive in snow and Dan doesn't like to do photos so I just concentrated on driving carefully. Once the snow stopped falling I took a shot of the newly covered road.

You couldn't see Mt. Shasta like on the way up.

The other volcano was now a beautiful white.

All the way through the Sacramento Valley there were only sprinkles of rain.

When we got home for the second time we saw the racoon in our back yard. We won't leave food out for cats in the night from now on.

We had a good trip and are now happy to be back home. Cheers, Wendy