Month: April 2013

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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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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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Growing California larger instead of splitting it north and south

There’s been talk (again) of splitting California in two, north and south. What if a better idea is to grow California into a larger nation/state instead? Would the trade-offs inherent in becoming a larger western state be offset by the value of losing the irrelevant influences of Washington DC and New York? According to this article in FastCompany, natural borders can be plotted by tracking the mobility of money.


8 nation states

The article below uses complex computational models to plot the borders.

Wheres George – The Structure of Borders in a Small World

California, one of the 8 States of America.

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Redding sign waver rocks Four Corners

Here’s a Redding sign waver and his entry for a video contest. Turn it up.


Great exercise, I imagine. A fun job, if approached with enthusiasm. Does it bring in the business? I guess they wouldn’t be out there if it didn’t.
Can’t stop, chili pepper. It’s Really Redding.

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Shasta Dam, front and back

2 views of the dam and lake. With a gentle Spring rain filling our lovely lake today, I thought I’d post this view from the overlook, and then from O’Brien. Both seen in each other’s backgrounds.
Precious water from an abundant Earth. Click to slightly enlarge.
3 Shastas by Skip MurphyBack of Shasta Dam from O'BrienSacramento Canyon from O'BrienProfound views all around us. We need only look. That’s Really Redding.

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Uncommon view of Redding from the West Hills

Out showing a home in the west hills looking over a Spring cloud Redding evening skyline lends an uncommon perspective to otherwise familiar landmarks. From here, the Diestlehorst, Rail Trestle, and Sundial bridges become neighbors. Click to enlarge a bit.
Redding California by Skip MurphyBelow we see Highway 44 going east, with Shasta Regional Medical Center in the foreground, and leading off to big-boxville.
Redding California by Skip MurphyBelow, a view of Greenstone Place from on a hill in west Redding. A lovely neighborhood of gracious homes framed in green hills and red cliffs on a warm Spring evening.
Redding California by Skip Murphy
Even commonplace sights are all extraordinary in our town. It’s Really Redding.Redding California by Skip Murphy

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We are the explorers

History soon forgets those that think small. The bold explorers live on.


Redding California USA. Home country to the planet’s finest space program.