We’re taking a short exploratory trip down to Redding. Redding isn’t what’s being explored: The behavior of the transmission is under observation.

Trinity County is having a hard time letting go of winter. One day it’s t-shirt weather, the next you’d better have your woollies.

Cherry blossoms are supposed to mean spring. I don’t think this one was expecting to have to deal with a coating of snow.

It’s April 2nd, and once again we are overcome with white, cold stuff. It’s a good job this didn’t happen yesterday; nobody would have believed me.

We woke up to what may well be the last snow of the winter, at least at this elevation. There’s been a lot of snow higher up, making the mountains look like frosted cakes, but it’s rare to find it where we have to deal with it.

It’s been intensely cold the last few days, but the really-cold snap seems to have broken. And even if it hasn’t, we now have weaponry against Jack Frost: brick-red, fleece, electric-equipped weaponry.

Mount Lassen dominates the landscape around Lassen National Volcanic Park.

We spent the night at Corning Flying J, then cut across on South Avenue to highway 99. I am sort of bored with the same old stretch of I-5, and fancied a change of scene and pace. South Lane is kind of nice, stretching out with views of snow-covered mountains. It’s how you get to [...]

The Trinity Alps had a fresh cap of snow. We were glad it stayed up there and didn’t come down to our level. Yeah, yeah, we kind of got over the snow. ;)