I had to drive from Yreka to Willits today, and I did it by taking I-5 to Route 20, which I missed, so to Route 16, and coming up the Cache Creek Canyon. En route I made a few photo stops.

I call this one Once Upon a Time in the West



That's Mount Shasta between the trucks, and Shastina peak to the right.

And this one is the answer to how they sneak it across the border


Sorry 'bout the pun, but my mind just works like that.

And finally a flowering shrub which is widespread near Cache Creek, and probably looks like a useless weed most of the year.

Its warm enough suddenly to go outdoors on the ranch and do things, things like mow the lawn which is huge, with grass getting high. But there are flowers, too.

Here's a meadow flower - this one a few feet from the law study door.



And the oaks are coming into leaf



And this puff ball looks like a fountain I once saw somewhere.



PS. A reader said I should get off this coke picture phase and get a sandwich at the Alderpoint store. So I did - roast beef on slice sourdough. They were out of tomatoes, and I don't get sprouts (makes the sandwich too thick to eat on the road), so it was roast beef and lettuce. OK, but not the best they have made for me. But, I can call in and get my order made for quick pick up and that's wonderful.