Our drive up the west coast of California is over so it's time to move inland. We're skipping lots of places and going to Yosemite which is a two day drive. Instead of back tracking we decided to drive a slightly longer route going through a small piece of Oregon before re-entering California. It was a bright sunny day today and the temperature rose steadily as we moved away from the coast. When we left California we also left the redwoods behind. It didn't take long for pines to be the dominate trees we saw.

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Found these wild flowers when Ed stopped to get a geocache in Oregon.

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Mount Shasta is a potentially active volcano located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in California. At an elevation of 14,179 feet, it is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California.

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This view was at a rest stop in California.

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Lake Shasta is a reservoir which is 34.8 miles long and a square area of 46.87 square miles. At the spot we stopped there were two houseboat rental marinas and a marina for owned boats. We've seen a water jet pack on TV but this is the first time we've seen one in person.

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A bridge over Lake Shasta.

We stopped for the night in Redding. The "thing to see" in Redding is the Sundial Bridge.

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The Sundial Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge for bicycles and pedestrians that spans the Sacramento River and forms a large sundial. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and completed in 2004 at a cost of US$23,500,000. The floor of the bridge is glass panels.

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Tomorrow we finish the drive to Yosemite and will not have internet access for two nights we are there. Should be back on line on Thursday.