Tag Archives: Redding

Morning mist in Redding CA

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Skip@RR

Morning mist rising up from the pool signals the approaching Autumnal end of our swim season, which in turn sets my mind’s eye soaring up into the dreamy sky overhead and back. Music excerpt “Mystical Fantasies” by Craig Padilla.

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Solstice Sunrise on the Sundial Bridge 2024

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Skip@RR

This turned out nice. Video by me. It’s Really Redding.

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Sunset over the Sacramento River at the Sundial Bridge

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Skip@RR

Sunset over the Sacramento River in Redding in March of 2024. Lovely evening. Brief excerpt of music by Craig Padilla and me from Eye of the Storm.

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New Courthouse in Redding is about to open

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Skip@RR

I see the new courthouse in Redding  is finally set to open. I captured this aerial footage of it under construction in the fall of 2022. The scene starts across the street at the old courthouse, dressed in beautiful fall … Continue reading →

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Chamise Peak Trail delivers a splendid perspective

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Skip@RR

bike up Chamise Peak Trail in Redding Continue reading →

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Castle Crags, late April 2023

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Skip@RR

About 25 minutes drive on Interstate 5 north of Redding, you come across a spectacular sight. Granite spires rising through the forest to the west. This is Castle Crags State Park. Pull off the highway for hiking, camping, or just … Continue reading →

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A rare foggy day in Redding

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Skip@RR

Today is foggy in Redding. It doesn’t often happen. Here are some images of local scenes draped in mist. I took these shots last November.

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Covid again

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Skip@RR

“US response to Covid has ultimately been like our response to school shootings: Once we decided unimaginable loss was a price worth paying for an imagined ideal of freedom, the number of deaths ceased to matter. We’d trade a million … Continue reading →

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Stronger than Carr, the short film

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Skip@RR

The Carr fire of 2018 wounded Redding badly.  A few local citizens hired a local film studio named speropictures to create something about special about it, and it is quite amazing. The live event premiere of the short seems to … Continue reading →

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Redding’s Ribbon Bridge after the Carr Fire

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Skip@RR

Aerial footage from the day they re-opened Redding’s Sacramento River Trail on the north side. The bridge itself was closed due to the Carr Fire. I posted this on Facebook saying it wasn’t as bad as I’d feared. That comment … Continue reading →

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