These images taken today show literally dozens of cars packing Redding’s major downtown arterial streets like salmon in a stream, clearly reflecting the tense situation in the Golden state. The well publicized closure of the 405 Freeway in LA is having ripple effects across the entire state. “Just crossing town takes 4, sometimes 5 minutes,” exclaimed one clearly frustrated driver. Cross town trips that might ordinarily take 3 minutes if you hit the lights right were dragging into what seemed like a several minute eternity. Then there was parking. “I was unable to park directly in front the business I was patronizing like I usually do,” said one exasperated shopper. “I had to park several spaces away. Unimaginable.”
Carpocalypse now. It’s Really Redding.
Astonishing Booster Cam video from the last launch of Atlantis
77 degrees in mid-day Redding , mid July. You hot?
Redding has a well-deserved reputation for hot summer days just like many areas of South Carolina. Living somewhere like South Carolina would be unbearable without ONE HOUR HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING providing a source of cool air throughout your home. But the thing I have always loved about our region is the contrasts. The time I’ve spent in other hot places, like Phoenix Arizona, the summer heat seems unrelenting. Day after day, it goes on unchanged. Now I understand why many residents prefer an AC repair in Arizona! I mean, what is better – repairing cooling devices or suffering from the scorching heat? I guess, everybody knows the answer! There are so many areas like that, where it’s just hot all day long. Whilst it seems great at first, it can get tiring eventually. It always seems like there’s nowhere to get away from the sun. Rooms inside the home seem to be too hot to spend any time inside, and it’s too hot outside. However, that’s why so many homeowners have to get air conditioners installed in their homes. That helps them to stay cool and stay safe from the rays of the sun. When using that system all summer long, there may be problems that arise. To keep on top of these issues, it’s always good to have a maintenance company on hand. For example, people in Dayton can always visit CJS Heating and Air to ensure their air conditioning system will last for the whole summer. However, Redding gives other areas a run for their money at high temperatures, no doubt. But then it ends abruptly, often with a rainstorm, or some other unique weather event. In any case, it’s always green somewhere, and you can even glimpse a glacier on Mt Shasta when the temperature here can cook an egg on the sidewalk. I took this shot yesterday of a rainbow, from my back yard. Rainbows in July.
The bittersweet last mission
The last mission of our space shuttle. The end of an era. Watch it live here.
Streaming by Ustream
A Blast From The Past: Shuttle Through The Decades from NPR on Vimeo.
A small town located in one of Earth’s few spacefaring nation states. That’s Really Redding.
A few spectacular Daylilies
Daylilies do very well in our Redding climate. Karry’s garden includes several varieties of this hardy cultivar. And you see them used in professional landscaping around town. They are at their peak now, but bloom well into Fall. You can propagate them easily, by giving them a healthy thinning now and again. I recall Karry’s mom bringing grocery bags full of her thinnings from her extensive Summit City (now Shasta Lake City) garden, and you see some of their descendants here. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed taking the photos.
Daylilies in bloom. It’s Really Redding.
Laptop 4 Sale – used only once, but not like you might think.
Mesmerizing rush hour time lapse short video
This looks so alien to my Redding eyes. Like so many daredevils. Here’s a brief video I felt compelled to watch multiple times.
Turns out this YouTuber has posted similar videos made in snow and rain too, though presumably not in 100 degree sun. Still, I just watched it again. And I keep looking for fat people, or anyone on a motorized wheelchair. Where are all the people on motorized wheelchairs in this Dutch town? It’s so unfamiliar looking.
Bicyclists in Redding had best wear helmets. Armor is appropriate, actually. Recent local stories like this, and this one from one of my favorite columnists in our local newspaper give one pause. Justifiably. There’s a reason why most of the bicycles you see in Redding are attached to the back of cars and trucks going somewhere else.
Isn’t Shell Oil a Dutch company? What’s up with that? Today it was announced that we are tapping into our Strategic Oil Reserve to temporarily bring gas prices down a few pennies. Wouldn’t want anyone to start seriously looking for alternate forms of transportation, now would we?
A bittersweet final countdown
This final Shuttle mission is set to launch July 8. Mission countdown rehearsal and related training is underway. You can follow along at your NASA website. The end of an era approaches.
Oil wars get ramped up, while our spacefleet gets retired. That’s Really Redding.
Thanks, unknown I-5 driver
I was bringing home a used utility trailer I just bought in Cottonwood. I had barely gotten onto I-5 when a driver in the left lane slowed inexplicably. The passenger window rolled down, and I could barely make out a shouted “flat tire!” Oh.
Yeah, no spare. No fun. At least I would have know what to do if I had got a flat tire, unlike some people who just have no car sense whatsoever. Not that that is a bad thing, but if you’re going to drive a car then having a bit of car knowledge would surely help with things. Of course, there are times when a little bit of car knowledge doesn’t help and you know that you need to go get your car repaired at a garage (just like this arvada car repair place). But that’s just by the by. In this instance I know how to sort out a tire, it just was a pain because I didn’t have a spare. But this tire was a bit worse then I could have imagined though.
Not just flat on the bottom as they say. A few more rotations, and things might have gotten serious on a hot Summer day. My gratitude goes out to the driver of the white car, wherever you are. Paid forward. He certainly saved me that day so I’m very grateful. He probably didn’t even realise how bad it was, just that I had a bit of a flat. Any other sort of flat and I might have been able to pump it up, but this flat was definitely the end of the line. Oh well, no harm was done, except maybe a wasted afternoon.
Dad Life
Love this video. With Father’s Day coming soon, I thought I’d post it in the unlikely case you haven’t already seen it. What the heck, watch it again. It’s the Dad life.
Dedicated especially to a few dads here in town. Silas, Bruce, and David, who may feel I’ve been picking on them lately (I promise to stop now). Enjoy fatherhood fellas. It goes by much faster than you think.