Why we travel

Another post from Joanne –

I’m online this morning looking at ticket sales, hotel prices etc. for my summer trip to San Francisco to see the King Tut exhibit at the DeYoung Museum. After my winter trip to Egypt, I’m so excited!
A good friend who lives in the Bay Area asked, “Why ever are you coming HERE when you live in paradise! We work all year to come up to Mount Shasta.”
…and then I opened an email with a quote that explains it all:
Well known travel writer Pico Iyer suggests that we travel “…initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again – to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.”
We in Siskiyou County are proud and delighted to be a part of “slowing your time down” and helping you to “fall in love once more”.
Hope we’ll see you this summer.
Joanne Steele
Siskiyou County Tourism Director

White Christmas!

It’s a snowy Christmas here in the land around Mt. Shasta. Yesterday, Wed, Dec 17th, the skies cleared in the Mt. Shasta area and we got to see a mountain freshly draped in snow. Out in the Shasta Valley it was foggy and cold, with a blanket of snow on the ground. With snow levels down to 400 feet forecasted for the storm coming today, Thurs, Dec 18th, the whole of Siskiyou County should be enjoying a white Christmas.

While we do love the white stuff, be sure to be careful and prepared if you’re traveling through Siskiyou County. With a series of storms coming through Siskiyou County, check the weather report before you travel and come prepared. You can check the Siskiyou County road report (530.842.4438), which gives detailed info for Highways 97, 89 and 3, as well as Interstate 5. Carry chains, extra food, water and clothing in your vehicle in case you get stuck in traffic or parked due to bad road conditions.

Do your best to enjoy the snow and Happy Holidays!