Carson City to Williams, CA, to Eureka

We got to drive by Lake Tahoe again, so pretty!

Just a shot I took as we were driving

My sister and her husband worked at Harveys ages ago, so I had to get a picture.

The Almond Grove Mobile Home Park in Williams, California. Small, but all we needed. And for a few hours we had wifi, then it disappeared. I am sort of used to it!

Later we drove by Clear Lake, the largest fresh water lake entirely within California. I didn't take this picture--no place to stop!

Cary stopped so I could get some produce. Squash, bell pepper, peaches, and three tangerine tomatoes.

The Redwoods, nothing llike them! I was first here in 1965!

We are in Eureka at the Shore Line RV Park. Eureka is one of our favorite towns, so after we work at the lighthouse in Crescent City the month of August, we will go home by way of Eureka again. Right now, at 6:30 p.m., it is 64 degrees. Wonderful.

This picture is for Heather, she will know why!

Tami's Wedding

Lake Tahoe was a beautiful site for the wedding of Tami Torok and Jeff Harris.

An arbor and chairs were set up on the beach--someone actually was able to chase off the folks in the immediate area at the time of the ceremony.

We all socialized for an hour or so while waiting for the 5:00 event to begin.

Tami was even out with her maid of honor and Jeff, discussing music with the DJ. Bellieve it or not, we heard lots of Sinatra, Dean Martin, Glenn Miller and musci we used to listen to when we were in high school! It wasn't till much later in the evening that I started hearing music I had never heard before.

Jeff and his groomsman--texting?

Kent thought he would be able to videotape the ceremony. I told them that this situation reminded me of all the jokes about "how many engineers does it take to...?" In this picture is my sister's grandson, Levi, my son Jeff, my niece Jessica and, Kent of course.

To prove we were there!

Linda was radiant!

The bridal party making an entrance after the ceremony. The first of the groomsmen to Jeff's left is his twin brother, Dan.

The dinner buffet was good. I caught Jeff with salad on his plate--he is not fond of green food! Jessica observes.

Here you have a pretty clear picture of the backs of my nephew's and sister's heads!

Kent couldn't stand it any longer--he took his braid out of his jacket!

The newlyweds' first dance to "Unchained Melody"

Tami opted for this dessert rather than a cake. We left before it was served, didn't want to drive down the mountain in the dark! I am sure it was delicious.

An almost full moon for the start of their marriage!

Carson City (could be called Cars On City...)

We started the day going to yard sales, found quite a few and got some good junk. But all I have to show for it on the blog are car pictures. Cary can always spot them. This is a 1967 Firebird.

An early '50s Dodge

Early '50s Pontiac, all totally original, hood ornament all clear plastic rather than light up

Dodge D 100

This yard, besides being full of sagebrush, had 13 Metropolitans parked there. Cary didn't want to go into it any farther than this.I only managed to notice the one on the end. I wonder what the owner plans to do with them.

We also went to a neat little Farmers' Market downtown, found a turtleneck top at a thrift store--half price-- and took Jeff to the Olive Garden for supper. It was handy, located between his motel and our RV Park.

Hat Creek to Carson City

Mt. Lassen, beautiful view somewhere before we got to Susanville.

A very nice rest stop along the way. Lavender and some pretty yellow flowers--something I need to research.

This is a kind of sagebrush. The vegetation type in the area is called sagebrush steppe. The leaves on this have three points (artemesia tridentata), and it grows pretty tall. I didn't get pictures of the variety I have always thought of as sagebrush; apparently it is called sand sagebrush (artemesia filifolia?).

We were able to catch Linda at home before she and her grandson, Levi, left for Lake Tahoe to meet up with Tami and groom-to-be, Jeff (who said we could call him Batman to distinguish him from my son Jeff who is also in town for the wedding)! I got a load of laundry done too.

I am not actually propping Jeff up here; but I guess as strong as the wind was, I could have been. We had great Mexican food at El Charro Avitia. Jeff plans to geocache while he is in town. I plan on some yard sales in the morning.

From Phoenix to Hat Creek

Starting with our stay last night, I had to get a picture of the Pear Tree sign. Cary's last name is German for pear tree. My friend Susan tells me this area is well known for its delicious pears. We missed the season though!

A very clever and skilled person put his own slideout into this vintage trailer. We figure he has to manually get it in and out, but didn't ask.

The drive into California is beautiful. And, by the way, a very cheerful attendant at the inspection station only asked us if we had any cherries that we picked in our backyard! But I am glad I covered the possibilities anyway.

I learned that Mount Shasta is a stratovolcano, or composite, with multiple cones. It even has one named Shastina, very cute. Before we stopped for pictures, I told Cary that with the cloud cover it looked like it was erupting white smoke.

Here we are outside of Hat Creek, at the Hat Creek RV Park. Very nice, reminds me of the White Mountains in Arizona as far as vegetation and weather.

Here you can see a better example of wheere we are.

This Dodge truck from the 20s was parked in the front of the park. We had to check it out.

See the little thing at the top...?

This cable, inside the cab on the driver's side was to pull for the turn signal, which came out at the place in the picture above. Pretty neat.