Visiting The Old Neighborhood

Shasta Retreat

is on the northern edge

of Dunsmuir, CA.

It's the neighborhood

where my grandfather Frank

built a home for his family.

See the rock in the center of the photo

with the white paint on it.

That rock has a naked lady

  carved into it which has been there

since my mom and aunts were kids.

They used to fish this stream for trout. 

 Grandpa was an avid fly fisherman

and tied his own fishing flies.

The old bridge was replaced with

a newer one lane bridge.

You can see what's left of the old one

 to the left of the photo above.

The bridge was at the bottom

of a long hillside where

Mom, Fran and Margie

used to sled down the very steep slope.

It was a risky ride down,

and they had to make sure they were 

centered in the road to make it 

across the bridge.

The railroad followed the river

up the canyon.  Back then the

trains were diesel and  black

smoke filled the canyon when

the trains went through.

Everyone rushed to take  their 

laundry off the line when they

heard the trains coming.

I spied a bit of Fall color 

in this photo.

Dunsmuir is up in the mountains

and it's winter season was often 

very harsh with heavy snowfalls.

Back again soon,

with more of this neighborhood.