In the Central Valley of California – 100 Miles North of Sacramento. Nestled near the Foothills of Mount Lassen. Famous for Swimming in Chico Creek and Big Al’s Drive in Restaurant…
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One Mile Pool
One Mile Recreation Area Looking Downstream from the Middle of the Pool
One Mile Recreation Area Looking Upstream from the Middle of the Pool
Upper Bidwell Park and the Highway 99 Overpass Mural
Big Al’s Drive in on the Esplanade
Big Al’s Drive in
Sign for Food Not Bombs Free Meal – Train Tracks near the Depot
Sacramento River
Photos of The Sacramento River near Chico, CA – Scotty’s Bar and Boat Launch – Swimming with Mike… It’s an EPIC River for Inner Tubing…
Mike J at the Sacramento River near Scotty’s Restaurant
Scotty’s is a legendary Bar and has a stage out back for live music.
Boat Launch and Swimming.
Scotty’s Sign
Rest Area on Highway 5…My Home on the days I didn’t want to stay at a Motel.
That’s my Ford Windstar Van with the Mattress in the Back.
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On a Related Subject… a Post of Mine Was Deleted from My Blogspot Blog because I Dared to Ask the FORBIDDEN QUESTION: “Why do we allow fresh water from the Sacramento River to flow into the Ocean?”after all… We Pump the Colorado River Dry before it Gets to the Ocean in Mexico… and No One Complains About THAT! all the water from the Colorado River is used to Drink, Water Crops, Fill Swimming Pools, Shower, Water Animals and Make Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks Beverage… SO… Someone Reported My Question to Google and That Post was Deleted… WE MUST ALLOW NO QUESTIONS!OBEY THE ECOLOGY NUTS! NO THINKING!
Protest Sign Says: Kapow! Un Dam the Klamath River in the All Species Parade: Arcata CA
What IF? Would Pumping all that water out of the River and Into Fields that are Growing Crops Change the Climate of California’s Central Valley? In the Summer, all that water would evaporate and then fall as rain when those clouds meet the Sierra Nevada Mountains… In General, the Wind Flows from West to East… WE NEED RAIN… The Objection to Pumping the Sacramento River Dry is That Salmon Need the Water to Survive… and They Would Go Extinct… In That One River… Other Rivers, Like The Klamath and The Columbia and Rivers in Canada and Alaska would NOT Be Changed… and The Salmon Would Continue to Survive There… and… What IF Salmon Became Extinct? The Drought is The Western USA Is Putting Salmon in the Klamath River in Danger Right Now… Even With The Dams being Removed… It’s Entirely Possible That Salmon are Not Important…
The San Francisco Bay would Become Salt Water flowing In under the Golden Gate Bridge… Currently it has a Mixture of Salt Water and Fresh Water…
Golden Bear Sculpture on The Klamath River Bridge. Highway 101 – Northern CaliforniaSacramento River Satellite Photo Google Maps – Delta – 2021 California Rice Farmers Pump Water from The Thermalito Afterbay Downstream from the Oroville Dam to Water Their Crops. This Year the Oroville Dam is at Historic Record Low Water Levels. So Low that the Hydro Electric Power Generating Station was TURNED OFF…
Salt Harvesting Businesses Near San Jose… They Just Let the Bay water Evaporate and Collect the Remaining Salt…