Hike Info : Description : Background
Start: Redding
Destination: Salem, OR
Car Mileage: 374 miles
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| At our hotel |
I got up a bit before seven and did my normal stuff-lightning report and quiet time. Then I was debating about going for a short walk, decided to take a shower and read instead. Sherri gets up and takes her shower as well. Then a good, filling breakfast, served by the hotel. By 9:40, we are off.
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| Mt Shasta |
The drive up is pretty uneventful. Shortly after crossing Lake Shasta, there is a vista point where Mt Shasta exhibits her glory-we stop. But we also stop about every hour and a half at rest stops, otherwise, just enjoy the Northern California scenery. Going into Oregon almost seems anti-climatic.
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| Mt Shasta |
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| Pizza place |
When we reach Medford, we stop for gas, actually at Central Point. I think we could make Salem on this tank, but why? Following the GPS takes us on a bit more of a tourist route, enabling us to see some of Medford before arriving at Costco. Gas is about a dollar cheaper here than the last time we filled up. By this time, it is 1:00, so we stop at a pizza parlor-Kaleidoscope Pizzeria. If you want a visual, think of the Grateful Dead making pizza. We actually eat inside-since COVID times, we hardly ever eat inside. But we are placed in a booth which isolates us well. We feel relatively OK about it. The pizza is good and filling. For the record, we have a 10”, half a Jerry’s Italian and a half white pizza. Sherri adds in a Rogue Ranch Salad. We have plenty of pizza and salad left..
For a good part of the journey, I am left to my thoughts-Sherri sleeps for an hour or more. So I am contemplating two segments I heard on Mars Hill Audio. They deal with beauty and love, separately. The dialogue on beauty was with a sculptor who noted that over time, the idea of creating beauty by artists has devolved into presenting reality. A separate scenario with a history teacher talks about how love and religion are no longer considered in much of the thought when talking about liberal plurality. This has me thinking of several questions, which I will concentrate on beauty:
- Where and in what do I see beauty?
- How do I recognize beauty? (Mars Hill Audio conversation talks about how art used to try to mimic beauty. Sometimes artists stopped pursuing beauty since like many human activities, rules were being formed about what beauty is and isn’t.)
- Where do we humans get the thoughts that beauty even exists?
I think a similar progression could be made for love as well. Good things to keep my mind on when driving.
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| Heading to Oregon |
When we get into the Willamette Valley, the terrain changes from long curvy roads to a straight shot down I-5. We see fields of land which look like they will be fed for livestock. Then at 5:30 we enter Salem. After going around on a few streets-a lot more direct than in Medford, we end up in front of Andrea and Lawrence’s house.
Andrea is still at work, but Lawrence is there. We unload the car of their stuff. There is a combination of thoughts on my part-is that all? And I got a lot of stuff packed into the car. After getting everything out, I am ready to rest awhile.
The Warriors basketball game is today and Lawrence and Andrea have a new TV. While it is on ABC, their TV does not have a tuner. By this time Andrea has come home and we cannot figure out how to get the game on. After greeting us, Andrea works through the process and finally gets a free trial of YouTube Live. The things which a loving daughter will do for her old father. Unfortunately the Warriors decided to lose the game in the final quarter.
In the meantime, Lawrence bar-b-que’s some hamburger-very good tasting-to fill our inner needs. After the game and dinner, Andrea and Lawrence take us on a short walk in the neighborhood. Nice area. When we get back, we talk for a while and then off to bed, after all Lawrence needs to work tomorrow. Wonder what this thing, work, is?
Background
Kaleidoscope Pizzeria. Think of the Grateful Dead making pizza. That is the vibe which Kaleidoscope has. And before I go further, the pizza is good. Also filling. A 10” pizza and salad fed the two of us with a box to take with us. Not only that, each of the staff we came into contact with was over the top friendly and helpful. . And back to the Grateful Dead, take a look at the garden and the murals.
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