I snapped this photo of an Ultralight flying past my house yesterday. I was reminded of an old photo I saw of the first airplane that landed in Redding, almost exactly 100 years earlier in 1909.
An interesting resemblance between the two aircraft, and the spirit of their pilots. Photo courtesy of Shasta Historical Society. Consider joining us.
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. From their Dunsmuir Chamber…
We attend the Annual Pancake breakfast in Roaring Gulch (Redding) 2008 I don’t know of any other town that does this. Really fun! We ate our pancakes while sitting across from Shasta Voice’s Mary Machado and her husband. Really interesting conversation from these civic movers and shakers. It was a really hot day, but we…
Here’s a few images of the new McDonalds building on Cypress Ave in Redding, rising from the ruins of the old building. It looks to be very substantial, and much more well constructed than the building it replaces. The old building was destroyed by meteor strike from outer space, as seen below. Okay, just kidding…
There was a good turnout of racers and fans for last weekend at the Redding Dragstrip. I run their website for them, so I went out to get some photos. The Redding Dragstrip is committed to offering a safe family environment for racers and fans. Having this great race facility provides a safe place for…