Life and all in Redding California
These images below are from a few years back, but they give you some idea of the fun and food available today at Caldwell Park in Redding. All for a good cause.
“The grills are fired up and the Asphalt Cowboys are ready for the 63rd Annual Community BBQ. Join us today from. 11-6pm for Tri Tip, Chicken, World Famous Cowboy Beans and all the fixins.”
Benefit BBQ in the park. That’s Really Redding.
We attended this annual fundraising event put on by the Redding West Rotary Club. A good time was had by all.
Baseball season in Redding has begun again. If you are a fan of this sport, you will already know that. Our family loves playing and watching baseball so we’re all very excited about the new season. I’ve always been a baseball fan, even from a young age. I remember my parents bought me a pair of team baseball pants and a baseball so that I could join the local team. I had such great fun, however now that I’m older, I definitely prefer watching baseball to playing it! What better way to begin the season than to watch college basketball players show their town what they can do. If you like playing baseball yourself, that can make for even more fun than watching! If you’re looking to improve your baseball skills, take a look at these Homerun techniques! Soon everyone will be watching you in a stadium get an impressive homerun. If you have been following this sport for a while now, you may be someone who would be interested in checking out companies such as FanDuel, to start playing Baseball virtually. With the rise of technology, this was going to happen sooner or later. Whether you choose to take on players across the country or your friends, you can become part of a team. Plus, you can even win points, just like the real game!
On the pitch, Tiger Field has served Redding now for 91 years, and currently hosts our Colt 45s. We attended last night’s game and had a blast! From the Redding Colt 45s website:
“Every summer college baseball players from across the country come to Redding for two months of intense competition in a minor league-like atmosphere.”
I’ve never photographed a baseball game, so that was really fun. Tiger Field is very clean, and the food was great. The lovely Karry had a prime rib sandwich prepared by none other than our friend Cal De Mercurio. Not surprisingly, we saw lots of friends here. Here are some images.
Pro tip: Don’t park too near the gate, unless you don’t mind your car catching the occasional foul ball.
91 years of baseball. It’s Really Redding.
This is the third year that the Shasta Historical Society has hosted a fundraiser in Old Shasta. We attended with great delight.
It looks like others were delighted as well. Good turnout. Great to see old friends and new.
Events in historical Old Shasta, it’s Really Redding.
Block party in Redding today. Actually, several blocks. Competition between local and professional barbeque teams for the tastiest grill, as chosen by popular vote.
Here are a few of the images I captured today.
Proceeds from tonight’s sneak preview ribbon cutting party at the new tasting room went to One SAFE Place.
They are doing it again Saturday and Sunday. You should be here. It’s Really Redding.
Longtime readers will recall my friend Bob passed away a while back, and now his family needs to sell his race car. With all the car folks in town for Kool April Nites, I figure it would be good to post this again. Please share widely, and to anyone you know who might be interested. $80K into it, offered at $60K. When Bob tried to describe what it was like to drive it, words failed. Must be amazing! There are going to be plenty of roller drag cars for sale, but perhaps not as heavily modified as this one!
For Sale! Click to enlarge image above
This 1966 Pontiac GTO bodied Drag car represents a very good example of a modern drag race car custom build. Currently located in Redding California.
The custom 1966 Pontiac “Door Slammer” GTO race car has over $80,000 invested in the build. It has been built with all of the finest racing components and has only had 6 break-in passes. Not that you’d need to, but if there was anything you’d need to replace you could check out sircarpart.com or similar sites.
The Reher Morrison 565 CID Dart block racing engine is tuned to 1,200 hp, but is capable of producing 2,000 hp with some modification and tuning.
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Viva Downtown accomplishes great things for Redding. I saw these terrific looking upcoming banner designs in a FB post and thought I’d share them here. Nice style.
These should really dress up the streets in stylish art. I look forward to seeing them all unfurled.
We keep a link to Viva Downtown in the sidebar, or you can click the website image below. Always interesting to see what they have cooking.
Coming up: The Hops and Shops celebration event on February 19 looks like it will be bigger and better than ever.
Viva Downtown! It’s ReallyRedding.
CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, one of our favorite charitable causes. According to the CASA website:
“CASA is a national program dedicated to providing quality court advocacy services to abused and neglected children under the jurisdiction of the Dependency Court. More than two million children have been helped by the program since its inception in 1977.”
The Redding Fun Run and Walk was held yesterday, and Erin participated with her young son. Here is a quick video impression.
It was a beautiful Fall day. Redding loves a reason to get outdoors for a fun run or walk. Thanks CASA Superhero run!
