Mother’s Day destinations and activities

It looks like the weather is going to be nice for Mother’s Day here in Siskiyou County. You’ve got plenty of brunch spots to choose from for a family outing, as well as spring flowers to admire while you’re out on a post-brunch stroll. Enjoy the company of your loved ones and the beautiful blue skies.

In Dunsmuir –

The Brown Trout Cafe is offering Mother’s Day brunch Sunday from 10am-2pm, with discounts in the Brown Trout Gallery. A Wild Thyme Cafe and Cornerstone Cafe are wonderful choices for brunch, and the Cornerstone always offers delicious specials. If you’re gathering later in the day, consider an early dinner at Cafe Maddelena, where the cuisine is always top notch. After you’ve eaten you can ease off your meal by walking around downtown Dunsmuir (keeping an eye out for the dogwoods mentioned in Joanne’s recent post). Or you can head to the river: both the Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens and Taulindauli Park have trails that take you close to the water. They also have spring flowers in bloom, which makes a Mother’s Day stroll especially nice.

In Mt. Shasta –

The Mount Shasta Resort and Wayside Inn are offering Mother’s Day brunches, and there are a number of restaurants in town to choose from. Not far from the Mount Shasta Resort, the Lake Siskiyou trail provides a beautiful site for a walk. The North Shore trail is quite sunny with a good view of the lake, and the trail across from the Castle Lake road it full of blooming dogwoods right now. If you’re in town, cut up Castle Street to the Sisson Meadow boardwalk for fabulous views and benches where you can chat and enjoy the spring weather. If you’ve got little ones with you, go to the Mt. Shasta Fish Hatchery (on the west side of I-5) where the kids can feed the fish and a short connector trail will take you to the Elsa Rupp Nature Trail across Old Stage Road.

In Yreka –

For Mother’s Day, Yreka’s got two great events: the Red Scaft Society’s “Music in the Air” performance and the 16th Annual Wildflower Show at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds. In conjunction with the Wildflower show, there is a tour of the Shasta Valley Wildlife Area (outside of Montague) on May 9th. “Music in the Air” begins at 3pm at the Yreka Community Theater, and the Wildflower Show is from 1oam-4pm at the Fairgrounds. If you’re in Yreka and looking to get outside for a post-brunch walk, head to Greenhorn Park, where a trail will take you around the pond to explore the Upper and Lower Parks. Be sure to bring some bread crumbs with you, as the geese and ducks at the pond expect more goodies on Mother’s Day (they’re moms too, don’t ya know). For a Mother’s Day meal, check out Nature’s Kitchen, Grandma’s House or get festival at Casa Ramos or Lalo’s.

In Montague –

Ms. Lynn’s Tea has two events planned for the weekend: “Wonder fo the Mother”, Saturday at 1pm accompanied by a dessert tea, and all day Sunday you can stop in for a Queen’s Tea with musical accompaniment. Ms. Lynn’s is lots of fun – you can dress up for tea with props provided at the tea house, or come in your own fine garb.

A Wild Thyme Cafe in Dunsmuir

Read this post from Must Have Menus about Erin’s outing to Dunsmuir’s new breakfast and lunch restaurant A Wild Thyme Cafe! This funkie new joint is the creation of Cindy Martel, the force behind the fab food and fun atmospher of The Gandy Dancer, an old favorite of locals. Cindy’s opened her new restaurant with a focus on using local, organic food whenever possible to bring a fresh, cool list of offerings to locals, fishermen looking for take out lunches and those later riser yearning for a yummy breakfast. The breakfast menu includes green eggs – eggs scrambled with chimichurri, tomato and manchego cheese, a cuban hash, breakfast quesadilla and conconut fresh toast (I think I’ll try this one first). Lunch tempts you with a carne asada steak (see the recipe for the spicy ranch dressing posted on Must Have Menus), and fish tacos with brown rice. Erin’s accounts (she posted 3) give a great desription of what to expect from the newest jewel in Dunsmuir’s crown of great places to eat.

A Wild Thyme Cafe!
5736 Dunsmuir Ave
530.235.9884
Open Thursday-Saturday 8am-3pm and Sunday 8am – 2pm.