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- Arthur Burney Falls
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- Shasta Dam, Shasta Lake, and Mt. Shasta
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- Shast Lake at sunset.
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- Mt. Shasta, California
It was Thanksgiving. People say it’s the busiest time of year for airports. I traveled through airports at that time. It’s true. Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and finally Chico. My connections were late in San Francisco, both coming and going.
On the way home, the flight in San Francisco was delayed for three hours. They told us we had to wait for another plane due to an issue with the original plane.
Eventually, another plane came. It was the largest jet I ever traveled on, and with good reason… The plane was a chartered plane for the San Francisco 49er’s. They had just flown back home from an away game. Before take-off, the flight attendants told us our original plane had a broken windshield–the reason for the switch. I agree that was a good reason for a delay.
My main reason for going to California was to visit with my oldest son. While there we went to Mt. Shasta, both the mountain and the city. We also visited Burney Falls and Shasta Dam. In the distance during both trips we always had Mt. Lassen in view. Mt. Lassen is part of a national park, and a volcano that erupted over 100 hears ago. We had Mt. Lassen on a previous visit. It’s very beautiful.
Mary J. McCoy-Dressel 
2 thoughts on “Vacation in Northern California”
mary
It’s beautiful up there for sure. Even though my flight sounds like it was pretty bad, I’d turn around and do it all over again. When it’s your child, grown or not, you’d go to the ends of the earth for them, even in a plane in a snowstorm!
Mary
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Carol Zanetti
Oh wow, I love the Mt. Shasta area. When I lived in Seattle, I used to drive through Mt. Lassen National Park regularly to visit my family in Reno. Not only was it a much shorter route than the congested freeways, it made for a beautiful and scenic drive. I still take that route on my annual (when I can afford it) trips out west to see family and friends in Nevada and the coast. But I learned to watch out for wildlife. One time I came around a bend at 55 miles per hour and there was a huge black bull standing in the middle of the highway, staring at me as if he had every right to be there. Needless to say, that made me slow down!
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