Road trip - Day 14

Roseburg, OR to Sacramento, CA

We got rolling early on Friday morning and pushed right through Southern Oregon to California. On our way up we had planned to stop in old Shasta and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area but we went to Turtle Bay instead. We decided we'd go to on our way back to Sacramento.

We visited the Museum at the Shasta State Historic Site first. Behind the museum is a relocated barn from another part of town and a collection of 19th century farm and agriculture-related industrial equipment from the area.



Fort Clatsop was built in 1805, but it was in ruins within 20 years. The fort we visited the previous day was a replica of the fort built in 2006 (the first, built in 1955, burned in 2005). The buildings probably look better than they did the day the fort was completed in 1805. Old Shasta is the complete opposite. What is left of Main Street stretches for about a block along Hwy 299 west of Redding. The remains of the buildings have been supported by some metal bars to ensure they do not fall on unsuspecting visitors, but otherwise the ruins have been left in a state of suspended decay.







In front of the building sites are plaques labeling what each was in the 1850s. The block had grocery stores, dry goods, bank, a bakery, and a jeweler just to name a few of the businesses.

Here is an old grocery store:



After spending the afternoon in Old Shasta (and wearing out the kids) we got back in the car and pushed on to Sacramento where Tom's dad was waiting for us. While we drove, he flew over us back to Sacramento for work. It was nice to stop for the evening and not have to find a restaurant. The girls were happy to see Grandpa again and even Mae seemed to realize we were on the way home.