The weekend was fun - all the driving was worth it! We went the 'back way' in to Covelo - up over the mountains outside of Willows. It took us about 4 1/2 hours to go from Redding to Covelo that way - part of it on dirt logging roads. My poor RAV needs a serious bath! We stayed for several hours, and left about 1:30 and headed in to Willits. We had a late lunch, and then headed over to Ft. Bragg. It was ever so much cooler over there!

This is on the East side of the mountains, looking back into the Sacramento Valley.



There is a memorial close to the top of the mountains, honoring fire fighters killed in the Rattlesnake fire in 1953.


These are on the West side of the mountains - heading in to Covelo. The rock on the left has a matching rock across the canyon from it - I remember watching for it when we traveled that way when I was a kid!