Day nine of our odyssey… Part 2

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Mikey

Well we made it as far as Salem, Or. and found a little museum that peaked my interest the Antique Powerland Museum. No pictures really taken the weather has mostly sucked. By the way if you are traveling in this are the roads make no sense and are VERY poorly marked. Mapquest is a must and you will still have to backtrack frequently. TTFN>>

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Day nine of our odyssey…

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Mikey

Well we got a nasty suprise this morning. We tried to go online at our Travelodge room in Grants Pass, Or. and were denied. I guess their AP died sometime last night, bummer.

We went to this little coffee place called Ethereal Cafe that happened to advertise Wireless! Whoo Hoo. We can now plan our next day of travel.

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Day eight of our odyssey…

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Mikey

This looked kinda cool.

More of the Rail Road Park Resort/Motel/Lodge.

Hmm, that could be why the road is closed. That is the downhill side where it’s been washing across.


We struck out on a short hike to check out the Castle Crags, we tried to view them from Crag View drive yesterday but went from one end to the other with nary a crag to be seen. Maybe someone in town is named Crag.
After finally getting coffee, internet access, and posting yesterdays stuff, we hit the road again.

A few of the buildings. The back one is a True Value hardware store with a cool looking sign.


Drove into Yreka and looked around got lunch. Need to go back and do the train rides there next time. We ended up in Grant’s Pass, Or.

Galleries

  • The park at the park.
  • This looked kinda cool.
  • More of the ?Rooms?.
  • How do they keep these from moving… O.M.G. I think I’ll stay in the car.
  • The top of that sad relic. Bummer man.
  • A river runs by it. It’s cool to walk along.
  • The Crags from our Motel parking lot.
  • There is my tiny car. The ?Room? that you can’t see from this angle is ours.
  • Across the sad relic at the ?Rooms? for the Motel, some of them anyhow.
  • That looks pretty old. Except the tap in the front was extended with PCV pipe. We’ll just ignore that.
  • A pretty sad sight this poor little relic. I guess they couldn’t make a Motel room out of this one.
Railroad Park Resort/Motel/Lodge
  • We started a walking up the mountain. Looks like the trail is called the ?I Line?. The road was closed to cars due to a soft roadbed.
  • And remember only you can prevent forest fires. That mean YOU!
  • A flower, just checking out the Macro function on my camera.
  • Ah! The crags in the distance cool.
  • Someone made a bench, a little low to get back up from though.
  • Oh that is what the bench is for.
  • Oh, it’s just a cable.
  • A creek along the way.
  • This is a pretty nice road actually. I wonder why it’s really closed.
  • Yet another view of the crags, must be getting boring by now.
  • Hmm, that could be why the road is closed. That is the downhill side where it’s been washing across.
  • This is above in that same spot. This is looking up, and those are about ready to come down, I am outta here.
  • That just looks cool, lower part of the crags in the distance.
  • These rocks came down already. Now those would work under the wheels of those rail cars they use for ?Rooms? at the Motel.
  • Yet another view of the crags, sorry.
  • How about a little ice and snow. That also looked cool.
  • I had to climb up the hillside to get this one. I could not believe that I got it, I was shaking quite a bit when I snapped this. Two ice caves made by runoff on the crags.
  • More rocks fixing to come down.
  • A view with only a little crag.
  • A flower.
  • Some more flowers.
  • Coming back to the RR Park Motel/Resort/Lodge/…
Castle Crags Walk
  • This wild beast was caught along I-5 heading out of California.
  • In front of the Yreka firestation.
  • My car in front of the Pizza place we ate at for Lunch. Apparently it was the ?Yrela Gallery? in the past. Now Brickhouse Bakery & Pizzeria.
  • And I am sure that grammer was not the reason for the closing.
  • Lower part of the IOOF building, where Tourist Information is obviously available. Cool coal cart / planter in front.
  • The hanging sign says ?THINGS FOR YOUR HEAD?, I guess they mean ?HATS?.
  • Close up of the coal cart in front of the IOOF building.
  • IOOF Bulding information.
  • The side of the ?HATS? place, which is attached to the IOOF building. That door is about 10+ feet in the air.
  • First thing you see entering YREKA. An old gold mining town apparently.
  • A few of the buildings. The back one is a True Value hardware store with a cool looking sign.
  • Saw this after getting gas, I don’t remember where. This was back on what appeared to be a driveway.
  • Whoo Hoo. I can’t believe my little car did it with all this carp in it. Actually it did it 3 times today alone. Coming back from getting gas we got sucked onto I5 south, oops.
Driving to next stop
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Day seven of our odyssey… part 2

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Mikey

We tried to post last night but ran into a snag. No internet access at all! Oh man what are we going to do?

So we edited our photos and started to type stuff up in advance for when we do get connected again. Thanks to SnowCrest Inc. Internet Cafe for getting us our fixes.

This is where I am going.


I got out for a little ride around Berkeley fairly early, road out to the Eastbay park and along the Bay trail. Saw the Takara Sake USA Inc. Tasting room and Museum, need to stop there next trip for sure.

This looks like the enterance to the perhaps Muslim Church. I did not get a picture of the ?No Trespassing? sign, we decided not to push our luck.


We ate breakfast at Whole Foods they have an ok breakfast bar. Then we were on the road, stopped in San Pablo to see some chuches one really cool one.

City of pure water, cool.


Then we finally got to our Railroad Park Motel. Ran into the City of Mt. Shasta for a laundry, groceries, dinner, and walking around.

  • That cool multi-use bridge closer up. I am almost on it.
  • There is where I came from. Nice trail.
  • This is where I am going.
  • This is the puppy.
  • Visionary Efforts to save the bay.
  • Eastshore State Park.
  • Eastshore Park.
  • Berkeley and the Bridge.
  • San Francisco in the distance. Wow this was handheld and at full zoom and quite overcast.
  • One of the bridges, I can’t remember which one.
  • Another shot of San Fran from a distance.
  • Here is my trusty steed for this journey. 95 Kona Koa with a suspension front end and all kinds of carp bolted onto it.
  • What is this off in the distance… I must be missing something this is Berkely after all.
  • That is really what it says. Cool, I want to move here even more now.
  • This is interesting, it is a traffic circle and a four way stop??? What is really the point then?
  • Cool house. The flat roof I guess can work down here.
May 31’st – Morning ride
  • I LOVE seeing these signs.
  • This is something foreign to us in Washington. Lets do recycling for real and not just talk about it.
  • Some kind of a perhaps Muslim Church. Very cool design.
  • This looks like the enterance to the perhaps Muslim Church. I did not get a picture of the ?No Trespassing? sign, we decided not to push our luck.
May 31’st -San Pablo
  • This little guy was very persitent. He was really after this one couples food.
  • This is in the town of Mt Shasta. An awesome Natural Foods Grocery called Berryvale.
  • Also in Mt Shasta, a cool gate and arbor. Next to a quaint little barber shop.
  • City of pure water, cool.
  • The actual mountain. Also very cool, looks like the weather will be changing.
  • Kitty we found in the city of Mt Shasta. Very friendly.
  • The friendly kitty from Mt Shasta again, a little blury it was getting dusk and I was getting shakey.
  • Such a cute kitty.
  • Mt Shasta culture at it’s best. Just kidding.
  • A very very friendly kitty in Mt Shasta, very rough meow though kinda like a Harley. There was one at his house but the pics did not work out.
  • A very very friendly kitty in Mt Shasta.
  • A cool place in the city of Mt Shasta.
  • A cool old building and a cool shy kitty.
  • Mt Shasta just before we left the city of MS for the day. Ohhh Ahhh.
May 31’st -City of Mt Shasta
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Day seven of our odyssey… part 1…

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Mikey

Found this looking around online… This should work for everywhere but L.A. a Vegan Dining Guide by some Lost Angel.

I got out for a short ride this AM will post the photos, if any turned out, from the ride tonight. TTFN>>

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Day six of our odyssey? part 2

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Mikey

The now famous Fellini Restaurant and Coffeebar. Well we think it should be, just wish it was open for breakfast during the week.

We went to the Fellini coffebar.

Kinda like something from my time in the New Mexican desert.

Then we went on another explore, yesterday we stuck to Shattuck Ave mostly, this time we wen’t up Telegraph Ave from the University and snapped some pics.

We ate at an Organic Raw Foods place called, Cafe Gratitude. Great food even for us carnivores, just take it easy on the strange drinks. I had an “I AM EXCITED Fresh cucumber juice with Himalayan crystal salt sole.” that was a little much for my carnivorous system. Bummer. These guys have a very entertaining menu see for yourself. My “Live” “Pizza”, called “I AM SENSATIONAL pesto pizza – Fresh basil almond pesto sauce and olive tapenade.” was quite a treat. The desert was Marvelous (Marvelous done in a deep tone and drawn out as done in that 7-up commercial) it was not on the menu but was a “Banana Cream Pie”. Worth the trip on it’s own. I should have taken some home.

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Day six of our odyssey… part 1…

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Mikey

We found out what Jitensha Studio is. It’s “a different kind of bike shop” as the site opening suggests. Very cool little shop. If I could still ride a racing geometry bikes these would be awesome. More to follow…

  • Hmmm. Bicycles. What the heck is jitensha studio?
  • Inside the Jitensha Studio cool hand made frames.
  • Also inside.
  • I love the bike rack in the middle of the floor. Just before the owner walked in.
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