Where is The Cowboy?

When I first drove past this riderless horse I didn't think much about it. But I got to thinking that maybe the rider had been thrown off. I turned around and on a closer look I could see the horse was tied to a fence. All seemed to be OK so I took this picture and continued on my Route. (Just click on the picture for a larger view.)

Cottonfield in Gerber

These pictures of a single cotton field were taken along I-5 near the Gerber, California turnoff. I must say it rekindled old childhood memories of when I picked cotton in Mississippi back in the early 1940's. We didn't use machines then but walked or crawled down the long furrors pulling a very long grass sack while plucking the soft cotton from its dead bolls. I think I made about 2 or 3 cents per pound and it took a lot of cotton to weigh a pound. This scene reminds me of the old song "....when them cotton bolls get rotten you can pick very much cotton in them ole cotton fields back home...". In one of the pictures you can see Snow covered Mount Shasta in the background. (For a larger view just click on the pictures.)

Trip to Hornbrook

Last Saturday I delivered to the lovely little mountainous town of Hornbrook, California which is on Interstate 5 near the Oregon border. The picture of the Klamath River was taken from the front yard of the the recipient of the package. I did a lot of gold panning on this river back in my gold prospecting days but further west toward Happy Camp. And naturally I couldn't resist taking a picture of Mount Shasta with its recent blanket of snow. I hope we have a good snow pack this year. (Click on the pictures for a closer view.)