Road Kill Willie

About a month or so ago I met a very colorful young bearded man while making a delivery in the little mountainous community of Platina. He was outside a small grocery store where I stopped to get directions to my delivery address. He knew where it was and preceded to show me. He referred to himself as “Road Kill Willie” and told me all about the area. Sorry to say I didn’t have my camera at the time so I couldn’t take any pictures. Today I was in the same area; and although I didn’t see Willie, my delivery took me by the dirt road he lived on. As you can see, the name of the dirt road is none other than “Road Kill Way”. (Click on the picture to enlarge it for better viewing.)

Bucks At Dawn

I took this picture early this morning of three large Bucks having my lawn for breakfast. They are friends now but wait until rutting season when they become opponents.

The Beginning

Today is Friday, July 20, 2007, and I begin my Hiway Journals Blog. I hope it will be filled with interesting people, places and things I see along my GSO Route. My Regular Route takes me to these Northern California towns and communities: Red Bluff, Corning, Los Molinos, Gerber, Proberta, Vina, Pasakenta, Paynes Creek, and Platina. The roads I travel are both paved and gravel and they lead me to some very remote areas.