Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Redding, CA



We panned for gold too!!





We met James Blond today and he showed us around this beautiful part of California!

This is the second sunniest city in the US!! Lumber may have been the biggest industry but it is Tourism now! So much to see and do!!

Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 80,865.

Redding is the state's largest city north of Sacramento. It is the fourth largest city in the Sacramento Valley.

In 2004, the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay was completed. The dramatic pedestrian span was designed by the noted Spanish architect-engineer-artist Santiago Calatrava and links the north and south campuses of the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. The pylon holds up the bridge support cables.

Turtle Bay Exploration Park, located along the banks of the Sacramento River, contains a museum and gardens. The campus features permanent and changing exhibitions hilighting art, history, horticulture, forestry and natural science.

Mt. Shasta seems like an amazing place with a lake and a river to boot! What fun! I think that we should rent a house boat tonight!!