Heading on from Redding, we headed toward Chico. We moseyed around Paradise that had been fire devastated a couple of years ago. Even though there was very little evidence of burned buildings or trees, there were still a lot of mail boxes on streets where there was no home to receive the mail.
We were supposed to head next to South Lake Tahoe. But, because the Caldor fire was heading toward South Lake Tahoe, and many highways in the area we would have to drive were closed, we decided to head to Carson City instead. Despite the detour, we headed to Soda Springs and another crossing of the Pacific Crest Trail. Because of the air quality do to the fires, we decided not to het out of our vehicle and hike in the smoke.
Despite our passion, we had never visited the Whispering Giant in our current home state. On the way to Carson City, we managed to find Wa-Pai-Shone in Idlewild Park in Reno. While we had been in Reno many times, we had never managed to see this Whispering Giant sculpted by Peter Wolf Toth.
We also had fun in that Idlewild Park hosts Food Truck Friday. Each Friday during the summer, a vast number of food trucks show up to entertain the locals. We didn’t sample any, but did enjoy the spectacle.
Talk to you soon.
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