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After breakfast at Morning Glory (Yum!) we rolled over Siskiyou Pass on I-5, a truly magnificent piece of highway engineering, and around the foot of Mount Shasta (who was shyly hiding her bareness in the clouds and smoke...

Mia took us for a walk in Chico's beautiful Bidwell park, where the oak trees are a hundred years old. Imagine having the Bidwell vision to protect this park when Chico was scarcely a village! After awhile, everyone caught up ...

As long as we were on our side of the hill, the air was clear and the temperature was delicious. Lots of new pavement on Comptche-Ukiah Road.  Lots of traffic, too...

Breakfast from across the street at Chico Saturday Market. The woman in cool little rolling stand offered Proscuito, Cheese, and Leek Quiche and “her favorite,” Strawberry Rhubarb Pie...

81° at 7:30 on its way to 109° today. Like they say, there are some places on the planet that just aren't inhabitable any longer. We will be spending more time in the pool today (and most of our time in air conditioned space...

Long travel day, 380+ miles, and in an unfamiliar car. But we made it!     Bend is lava country, with old volcanoes, cinder cones, and vents everywhere...

Today was devoted to getting Zoe ready for her dance recital, and then getting her, and finally, us, up to Paradise and the venue.