Redding (population 85,000) is located in the
heart of northern California along the 5 Freeway. Highway 299 passes through
town as well as Highway 44. The 299 leads to Eureka and the 44 passes near
Lassen Volcanic Park on its way east towards Susanville.
Redding
is the gateway city to the surrounding Shasta-Trinity forests as
well as the Whiskeytown Recreation area. The winters can be quite cold and
the summers can be quite hot with temperatures well over 100 degrees
F.
When the summer temperature reach the triple digits on my trips
to Redding, I reach for the Popsicle's in the freezer and head up to
Lake Shasta for some summer time cooling action. See
the section on
Lake
Shasta for more details.
For information on climbing Mt. Shasta please
visit the author's
Mt.
Shasta article
Photos of the Sundial Bridge on a very sunny warm day in September
The fairly new
Sundial
Bridge designed by the world famous Spanish architect & Engineer
Santiago Calatrava is located over the great Sacramento River. This bridge
is located at the 300 acre
Turtle
Bay Expo and Exploration park, and the bridge is now the new downtown entrance
to the Sacramento river and the nearby trails. We also have a
photo of his famous bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Large rock statues of turtles
sit in front of the visitor center - photo to the right.
Redding is the author's birthplace, a fact he is quite proud of.
-The Turtle Bay Visitor Center
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