Being at Mount Shasta and Weed

I picked Jeffery up from the airport and we headed up to our motel in Weed, California, where our kids would meet us later.  The next morning, today, we packed up and headed up Mount Shasta.
I only went a couple of miles, from Bunny Flat to Horse Camp, but it was momentous, both for me, and for my family history: our first time of being us-four together on the Mountain.  Wahoo!  I felt a bit wistful as we parted, them upward, me back down.

Of course, we picked one of the hottest spells of the year, with temps hitting the upper 90's.  The mountaineers got really hot and were glad to reach Lake Helen, where they pitched the tent and found shade in it and called to report in.  They hope to rise at 2a.m. to head to the summit, so that they can get down the mountain before the worst of the heat returns.

I spent the rest of the day wending around the locale, learning more of its beauty, and finding out that most of the schools in Mt. Shasta City and Weed have the best views of both Mt. Shasta and Black Butte.  Lucky kids!
Here are a selection of photo-memories for your viewing pleasure.  I am thinking of the Woods and Chavis families today in a big way.  They normally go with my family on the Shasta adventure trips.  Next time, I vow to be with them when they come to do it again.

The Backpacks

Fluidate, fluidate!

rain gauge?

The Solar outhouse at Horse Camp

I took a spill, and Kyria was a rapid and efficient nurse responder with bandaid and iodine

My family and I part ways in good spirits

the final wave of farewell

Where my family is headed

Black Butte

Conifers?  Conical trees

sun sets on my loved ones.  are they already asleep?

Mt. Shasta City High School

A cheery doorway