Old Orchard RV Park

I think that this is perhaps the earliest in the Fall that we've been at Seven Feathers. Most of the time the Christmas decorations are either up or starting to be put up while we are here.

There are lots of hanging baskets of petunias still around, contrasting with the dramatic fall colors of some of the landscaping --

It was foggy this morning. You could not see the tops of the hills. It still hadn't burned off when we left about ten am.

When I was a little girl, I thought that Native Americans made canoes from the layer of bark that peeled naturally from the birch trees and just didn't understand how it would be strong enough. It wasn't until much later I realized they had to cut thicker sheets to use for canoe making...

I like the contrast of the white bark against the plum tree's purple behind it...

A hundred miles or so further down Interstate 5, we crossed the California border and got our first glimpse of Mount Shasta --

At first we saw lots of oak trees and a few junipers. Lots of yellows and golds...

Then as we got into drier country, it began to be small trees with sagebrush...

As we left the last of the Siskiyou Mountains, we got a better view of the mountain.

As we got further south, it was mainly sagebrush and grass with an occasional juniper tree. I think that's the least snow cover we're ever seen on Mount Shasta.

This little volcanic cone is the last of the mountains as we descended a few thousand feet (lots of 6 and 7 degree grades!) into the dry grasslands.

We drove farther today then we like, but are now settled in at another place we usually stop. This park is in sharp contrast to where we stayed the last two nights. Old Orchard RV Park is owned by an elderly, but very nice couple. It has definitely seen better days. But, it's a good place for an overnight stop.