We left them in the snow to head toward home. Both Susan and I got just slightly teary eyed when giving and getting our goodbye hugs. Though we are ready to get home, leaving them is so hard, especially knowing it will be another good while before we get to see them again. 🥲🥰.
For them it was a good snowfall the next morning to bring at least three inches on the ground for the kids to thoroughly enjoy sledding and snow-building.
While at Sarah’s, there were more family — of five — to stop for the night on their was to fly to Colorado. Matt is Susan’s ‘cousin once removed’ (the son of her first cousin Sally). He, his wife Carolina and their three young sons live in Redding. Redding is on our route home and they invited us to park in their driveway for our first night. We took them up on the generous offer and the next morning did a bit of exploring.
The Sacramento River Trail has a trailhead start next to the Sundial Bridge. After only a slight bit of pleading, Susan agreed to a bike ride on this part of the trail as there is a loop that takes us along both sides of the river. Neither of us knew anything about a Sundial Bridge in town and found that a very interesting site. I was so taken with it that I have way more than necessary photos! But cannot resist posting more than one or two. 😉
Note that the sign says something about caution when wet or icy! Look at the surface.
A closer look at the bridge surface. I was a bit too intimidated to ride on it, but Susan had no problem and said it was not at all slippery.
The TALL sundial.
From a different angle...
I tried to get a photo of the shadow showing the time, but too many people were there. You can kind of get an idea though as the shadow is pointing near 12:00 I think.
Some nice scenes along the river. It was 70 degrees and note the deep blue sky. We soaked up every ounce of it to hold onto once we get home to the rain.
“Peace Labyrinth” was quite big.
A playful sculpture along the way.
And the very first Mayor of Redding, Chauncey Carrol (C.C.) Bush.
Susan pointed this out and said it was for me. 💕
Our after the ride lunch purchased at the Museum cafe was a definite treat. The patio is large and tables are spaced well away from each other. You must be masked to enter the cafe, and the staff were all masked as well. Unlike Jack’s Grill in Redding where we purchased our dinner to go!! NO ONE was wearing a mask in there — diners nor staff. And it was a close indoor environment. This photo does not show nearly the crowd that was there dining and at the bar.
Susan, masked as well as vaccinated, stood way in a corner near the doorway but wondered if she should quarantine after this! It is so surprising to us that not only are there no masks required indoors, no maximum number of patrons, but no distancing either. And there are several places like this that we have noticed. Normally we would pass up such an establishment, but we needed dinner and since Susan stayed masked near outdoor air, we did it.
Happy to have gotten one more ride this week, I would be less disappointed (less but not fully) to get home to the rain we are having, and less riding opportunities. We found a great place to park for our second night at 7 Feathers Casino and Rest Area. Very clean, very well maintained, very safe feeling, and not a lot of others parked there. Plus there was “cheap” gas and a market where we could procure our dinner fare.
Now we are home, this trip is done. More adventures are on our calendar however.
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