Mounting Shasta

Good thing we didn't leave much earlier for Shasta as the Econo Motel was posting an "out to lunch, back later sign," until about 2 p.m., and out to lunch they were, the young female Chinese proprietor, even when they were there. The code key never worked right, had to get it reprogrammed all the time, no ice bucket, after room servicing...no towels!...but it worked OK. On the first day, I found 6 lps in an antique shop, then finally got our room. Next day, went to McCloud, which Sylvia remembered distinctly from c.1957...found the falls and river after we visited the town & museum...dropped $29 for a comforter(???), very nice town museum, old bldgs, logging town, all houses essentially same size & design w/ sharply sloping tin roofs. Sylvia was excited to be standing where she dove into water decades earlier.

After dinner at Black Bear Diner, big up in Yreka-Shasta area, took 7:15 leave of Shasta on Tues. a.m. to get to Haley's by lunchtime, which we did, altho had pretty grueling and stupid argument for about 100 miles of Sylvia driving...all about...oh, what the hell. Hot the whole time.