Made it to Mt. Shasta

After cooking a day or two in Lake Oswego and Portland we finally drove south to Mt. Shasta. The highest temperatures in Oregon we saw were about 102 Degrees Fahrenheit driving south. As we approached Ashland, Oregon we began to see the Thunderheads to the south arching up into the sky to the south of us where Mt. Shasta would be. We worried that we would be rained on when trying to unload our things into the Hotel room in Shasta. However, that was not really a problem so we bought some pizza to share with friends getting ready for the lightning and thunder show the storm was producing. However, when we got there it was raining to hard to stay outside to watch it all from their 2 1/2 acres of land and trees. So, we went inside to share pizza while it rained and lightninged and thundered all around us. Luckily there was enough rain coming down so I don't think any fires were able to keep going from all the lightning (at least so far). Then the power went out in their house and all over town because the lightning must have struck the power generation facilities in the area. So, we lit candles and continued eating pizza. Then I realized I had left my rain jacket in the room and only had the Hawaiian shirt and shorts and crocs for the heat but now I was wet from the rain. Luckily my wife had brought her rain jacket so she didn't get cold driving back to the room at about 10 pm last night. We were very tired after driving most of the day from Portland to Mt. Shasta and I basically laid down on the bed and passed out until around 6 am this morning and then took pictures of the sun coming up around Mt. Shasta which was very beautiful. I was really glad I wasn't camping up on the mountain as it was snowing up there last night even though it likely wasn't going to stick because it's summer. However, if you were camping and not prepared for what happened yesterday evening and night it would have been difficult up on the mountain.

So, it was a nice adventure yesterday anyway you look at it and livened up our lives a lot and we didn't get struck by lightning like many people I have met so that is good too. 

Made it to Mt. Shasta

Just in time to see the moon rise just to the right of mt. Shasta. It is amazingly large still likely because it is so close right now to earth. Last night was the Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse which was interesting too. Presently it's 31 degrees going to 21 degrees Fahrenheit tonight. At about 7 pm it was only 21 degrees at the Mt. Shasta ski park so likely they are making more snow there for tomorrow and the rest of the week even though they had snow last weekend at there is now 8 feet at the top of the black diamond runs like Coyote and Douglas. But, about 30 inches at the lodge where you catch the lifts up. So, near the lodge is likely where they are making snow if they are tonight because the temperature is so low. It's partly cloudy partly sunny this week on the mountain so the skiing should be pretty good because they manicure it at the Park.

Made it to Mt. Shasta

The rain and clouds (all the time I was in Portland were sort of getting me down, especially after total clouds and fog from April to September in the San Francisco area this year caused by Global Warming changes. Friends in Santa Barbara also said it was a very cloudy summer there too by the way from the Global Climate changes too.

Anyway I'm back in Shasta. I Put my wife on a plane yesterday in Portland. I had driven up and she had flown up so she flew back to SF yesterday. I'm going to spend a few days in Shasta even though the nights are down to I think 36 tonight and 29 tomorrow night but the days were 62 today and 58 tomorrow which is okay for this time of year. Right now as of 5:19 pm PT (Daylight savings ended last night) so the mountain is all rosey from the sunset on it right now. Good to have this first days drive over with down from Portland. It's about a 6 hour drive from Portland to Mt. Shasta down interstate 5.