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LakeShasta
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July 5th 1998 We drove past Lake Shasta on our way to the
Blues festival up at Mt. Shasta. This is a picture taken going over the
bridge. Lake shasta has about 200 miles of shorline.
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LakeShastaBridge
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This is a picture looking back at the bridge that we just
drove over. The weather was really warming up by now and it was only 10:00AM.
Note the dry grass along the roadside. The lake level is exceptionally
high this year and there aren't any muddy banks yet.
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Mt.ShastaCloser
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About 30 minutes later we are getting closer to Mt. Shasta,
nearing the small town of Dunsmuir, and Shasta Mountain beginning to really
stand out. About now, I gave Irene my head phone set (walkman) and she
is enjoying listening to a great tape sent to me from a friend in England.
We have the windows down and are throughly enjoying the drive.
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Mt. Shasta
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This picture was taken about 30 minutes later, on the outskirts
of Mt. Shasta. We got off the Interstate 5, and this is one of the roads
that could take you to on up to the ski lodge.
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BluesBand
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About 10 minutes later, we have parked the car and walked
over to a street that was closed off for the Blues Festival in Mt. Shasta.
It was a small stage, and the music was terrific.
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Food&Friends
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We Sat in the chairs while tallking to friends and drinking
$1.25 cups of beer and eating "British Bangors" on hot dog buns with a
large tray of curly fries.
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AcrossRoad
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After a few beers and with a full tummy, we walked across
the street to look in a some of the gift shops. There was a nice dress
shop that Irene and I wanted to look in. Dennis took a picture of where
we had just come from, across the street.
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TryingOn
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Dennis also got a picture of Irene trying on a dress over
her shorts.
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Mt.ShastaGolfCourse
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We decided to go check out the lake at Mt. Shasta, and on
way, we stopped to look at the golf course which has a fantastic view of
Mt. Shasta
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Van
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We sat in the Van watching the golfers and thinking that someday
we should give it a try.
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Lake
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We found the lake, and it was more beautiful than we had expected
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SatDown
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Dennis got a picture of us sat at the water's edge. We could
see a sandy beach across the way and thought we should all go take our
inner-tubes for swim.
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GolfCourse
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On the way around the lake, heading for the beach, we stopped
to take another picture of the golf course.
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Dam
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The lake is actually a dam, and this is the creek that it
pours into.
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Distance
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This is a picture that Dennis took of us still sitting at
the waters' edge.
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InnerTubes
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Well, we finally got to the sandy beach, the water was much
clearer looking than this picture portrays.
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FullBeach
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The beach was bustling with people, but we were still very
impressed with the tranquility of it all.
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COLD
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Yikes.. easy does it ....it's freezing :-) It wasn't so bad
once you got in, but I must admit 'my' feet never warmed up.
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BridgeBay
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After we left Mt. Shasta we headed home and stopped by at
Bridge bay Marina for a hamburger and fries. Had a look in the gift shop
and picked up a few T-Shirts.
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BridgeBayMarina
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After eating our burger, we walked around the deck and took
a picture of the House-boats tied up at the Marina.
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Leaving
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As we left the Marina, I took a final picture of Lake Shasta.
This is not the same lake that you see at the beginning of this sequece
of pictures.
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BackHome
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After we got home, it was still in the 90's so we cooled off
for a few minutes in the pool. It was a great day and we decided that we
would do it again.
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