Great professional Redding tour video

Watch this professional video centered on fly fishing on the Sacramento River in Redding. They also show some other outdoor activities available, including Shasta Caverns, Sundial Bridge, and Turtle Bay. There’s also an interesting segment on locally made Sea Breacher, and Jetovator jet pack water flying on Shasta Lake. Check it out!

Park Marina in Redding
Park Marina in Redding by Skip Murphy

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.

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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.

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.

From Shingletown to Redding at 725 mph

Because at 730 mph, you might miss some of the nice scenery. Click start and hang on.

Shingletown to Redding at 725 MPH from Skip Murphy on Vimeo.

Time lapse driving from Shingletown to Redding California in Highway 44. Set to music by Craig Padilla and Skip Murphy, recorded live in the Schreder Planetarium in Redding. Excerpt "Aluminum" from the disc Planetary Elements on the Space for Music label.

In truth, no speed limits were exceeded. But here’s the equivalent for travelling 30 miles in 2.5 minutes from computational engine Wolfram Alfa:
Shingletown to ReddingSo technically, it was only 720 mph. Who would quibble about 5 mph when you driving at nearly Mach 1?

We local real estate agents like to say that Shingletown is only about 15 or so minutes east of Redding. But that darn precise Wolfram Alfa seems to think your commute would have to be at 120 mph for that 15 minute guesstimate to be true. Please take your time on Highway 44, and enjoy the views. Think about how those Bay Area and L.A. commuters would love to even travel AT the speed limit.