This is an early morning view you see as you exit the gate at Lake California. Over this mountainous range Highway 299 West winds its way from Redding to Eureka. This is the route that takes you pass Whiskeytown Lake, Douglas City, Weaverville, and Willow Creek (just to name a few stop over points) before you arrive at the Northern California Coast. It is a very scenic route and much of it follows the Trinity River. This river is noted for its placer and hydraulic gold mining, whitewater rafting and kayaking, and of course salmon and steelhead fishing. I haven't tried rafting and kayaking on this river but I have been out there gold mining and fishing. (Just click on the picture for a larger view).
