Today! Another epic Redding Pancake Breakfast for 10,000+

A couple of my videos from prior years of Redding’s famous Rodeo Week Pancake Breakfast. Come on down this morning!


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Cowboy for a day Skip Murphy

Cowboy for a day Skip Murphy

Pregnant Cowgirl Erin

Pregnant Cowgirl Erin

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Dunsmuir’s Botanical Gardens – a few images

Just over 50 miles north of Redding lies the fascinating town of Dunsmuir. A richly visual place, with its mix of rail town industriality and Cascade Valley natural grandeur. Here are a few recent images I took of the town’s Botanical Garden. A magical place. Click on the images to enlarge.

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Botanical6From their Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce website:
“Dogwood Daze is almost here again!! Come to Dunsmuir (May 25th) and enjoy a city wide yard sale, garden tours, a soap box derby for the kids, food and lots of fun!! In addition we will have a doggies parade, flower show, art studios open and lot’s of music. And you can’t miss our ever popular Pie Social…best in the west!!! See you there.”

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Mac Daddy’s replaces Nick’s Grill in Bella Vista

We always liked Nick’s Grill in Bella Vista for their Hot Pastrami.
Now, it’s called Mac Daddy’s.
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MacDaddy3Where else can you get free wi-fi in Bella Vista?
That said, they have no public restroom. So you won’t be surfing long.

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Space Oddity music video from orbit

Love this version of the Bowie classic as performed by Canadian Commander Chris Hadfield as he prepares to make the return journey from the International Space Station back to Earth. Commander Chris has recorded a few songs from their low orbit, but this adaptation seems especially fitting. Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do.

Twitter: twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AstronautChrisHadfield?­­fref=ts
Google+: plus.google.com/113978637743265603454/po­­sts/p/pub

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New paywall policy at redding.com?

That seems to be the gist of what I’m reading in a letter from Publisher Shanna Cannon. Unless I understand the term “paywall” wrong. The memo doesn’t use the term. But if I read this correctly, after May 14 only subscribers will get access to full content at redding.com. And perhaps more significant, at least to me, only subscribers will have the privilege of commenting online. With any luck, this will moderate the often irrational content somewhat. One can hope.
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Announcement from Record Searchlight/redding.com

Announcement from Record Searchlight/redding.com


I generally regard this as good news. We’ll see. It makes sense that a newspaper needs a consistent source of income to continue to provide the in-depth reporting our community deserves. So I wish them well with this new model.

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Practice for Dancing With the Stars Shasta County Style 2013 – brief video

Aaron Rader of Rader Excavating is a big guy for a dance partner. Watch him learn the dance moves from Monica Fisher that he’ll need to win the competition at this year’s Dancing With the Stars Shasta County Style benefit for the Shasta Women’s Refuge.

Aaron is my son in law. Last year his wife, my daughter and Broker at The Address Realty, Erin Rader, narrowly missed winning the big dance competition prize. Aaron volunteered this year to bring home the win for the family. Obviously our community is the big winner. Help Aaron raise the money and win with your encouragement. He and Monica are working hard. Now it’s your turn!
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Shasta Living Streets celebrates on Park Marina Drive

We really enjoyed pedaling around the Park Marina area with no cars around today, courtesy of ShastaLivingStreets.org and Rader Traffic Control. The neighborhood presents an entirely different perspective by bike.
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Getting a cheeseburger at Fallis Around Town in Redding

Getting a cheeseburger at Fallis Around Town in Redding

As amazing as it was out there, it’s truly bittersweet. Both Erin and I spent our morning ride describing to one another how lovely it would be if Park Marina instead was lined with shops and restaurants facing the river. And if it incorporated bikes and walking, all the time. All these people would be out every day enjoying our short urban waterfront. Our hidden jewel. Maybe riding bikes from bistro to sports bar for a pint. So beautiful. So pleasant. Just nice.
I’ve written about this subject before, here. There is a Park Marina vision. I didn’t make this up.
For now, I’m just sorry about it. Just moping about a vision unrealized, on the one day a year you can almost taste it. Just for a day.
We now return you to your previously scheduled automotive purgatory.
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Cliff diving, Shasta County Style

Some familiar local landmarks seen, though I’d not jump. Would you? With thanks to blogger Marc Beauchamp for bringing this video to my attention.


Water features and gravity just mutually attract. It’s Really Redding.

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50 years of drag racing Redding style 1963-2013, continues tonight!

Its a picture perfect afternoon and evening for racing at Redding Dragstrip! Check out how much has changed over 50 years with these two videos. This one was recorded last night, Friday April 19. Click and switch to HD.

And this one below courtesy of Redding’s Larry Sparman, was recorded in 1963. Filmed in Sparmascope!

Come on out to the Redding Dragstrip for more racing action tonight. It’s Really Redding.

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Come out the Redding Dragstrip this weekend!

For more than 50 years, Redding has raced at our dragstrip. This year, after taking in the cruisers at Kool April Nights, come out to the strip for April Hot Drags!
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