Homeward Bound - Part Two - Mt. Shasta City

We finished with Mt. Ashland and headed south, crossing the state line soon after that, with the first glimpse from the ground of fabulous Mt. Shasta through a gap right on the line.  I know I've already shown you this mountain ad nauseum, but I cannot get enough of it in it's various sunlights and angles, so prepare to see more. Our rest stop in Shasta City turned out to be one of the funnest things we did on the trip!!

Mt. Shasta's north side, with Shastina leaning off the right side

now Shastina is head on with Shasta behind

now zoom up to see Shastina to the left of Mt. Shasta with its fresh dusting of snow

Black Butte, which we will climb in the future

last one I promise.  Seen from the turn-off to the Museum in Shasta City.  Shastina can easily be picked out in this view.     My friend Cathy would note the annoying contrail that hovered over the peak for a good half hour.

the Mt. Shasta - Sisson Museum

see?  More on this when the museum opens.  Until then, we'll look at the hatchery right there next to the museum.

First of four long waterway tanks; these two are the older "naturalized" runs, the others are cement tanks

Lots of fingerling little fish.  This view is but a tiny fraction of them.  

get near the edge, or swing your hand out over the water and they go mad, thinking you're feeding them kibbles, I guess

it was a fascinating read and tour

bigger fish in tank two

getting pretty big, eh?  The biggest ones were in deep shadows, so I couldn't capture them nicely on film

one more of the fish

tank one from the other end.  rhe building is the museum, so you can see how capacious it is.  we only browsed quickly and saw a lot.

Bad photo of a photo in the museum showing the town of Sisson California

a bit of information for my friends, the Sissons

a little more info

how the name changed from Sisson to Mt. Shasta

loved the wedding dress and accessories

look at the details that the seamstress included and imagine doing the stitchery.  wow.

this is for my sister Lucy, since she loves clouds

This is for all book lovers; a portion of the Joaquin Miller display.  He was a prolific writer!

now we're in Red Bluff, looking at Mt. Lassen in it's shiny white coat.  Home is another hour and a half away.  I think the mountain to the right of Lassen might be Brokeoff Mt., where this trip began.

thus, it's time for a milkshake for me, and a root-beer float for Jeffery!

Ta-dah!  I'm home now, long ago, actually.  Soon I'll be showing you Autumn in the Canyon.  Thanks for sharing my fun!