I spent a late February weekend in Weaverville, CA, a town tucked beneath the Trinity Alps between Eureka and Redding. This community still possess elements of the gold rush vibe from the 1850's, including a Taoist temple that served the Chinese population that aided in the search for gold during the rush. I stayed in the historic Weaverville Hotel, which has fantastic service, and posses a lot of late 1800's charm. The next day, my date Jenny and myself headed east along highway 299. We spent an hour at the Tower House historical site...another relic of the gold rush days. Thereafter, we continued east, past Whiskeytown Lake, and on into Shasta, CA. Shasta is another gold rush town, currently half historic ghost town, and the other half populated by real-life locals. The buildings from the gold rush area are currently shells of their former selves...but still very cool to walk through the skeletons of a bygone era. After eating lunch in a great little cafe (Shorty's Eatery) embedded within the Shasta historic district, Jenny and I continued east to Redding in order to view flooding along the Sacramento River. In reality, trees lining the edge of the river were inundated, otherwise the water was within its banks...but it was still a big spectacle for the locals.
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| Downtown Weaverville, CA. |
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| Hollow shells from the gold rush era. Shasta, CA. |
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| Shasta, CA. |
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| Shasta, CA. |
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| Shorty's Eatery, a small cafe adjacent to the ghost town section of Shasta, CA. |
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| The swollen Sacramento River. Redding, CA. |
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| The Sundial Bridge. Redding, CA. |
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| The Sacramento River viewed atop the Sundial Bridge in Redding, CA. |
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| Bonus Image...battling a snow squall westbound on highway 299 between Weaverville and Arcata, CA. |
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