Rural Red Towns In Deep Blue California - What I Saw

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  • I visited these Northern California towns: Redding, Mt Shasta City, Weed & Yreka. Afterwards, Nicole and I had dinner at Redding's landmark restaurant, Jack's Grill.
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  • @HAVENWELLE
    @HAVENWELLE หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    Northern California is beautiful!

  • @KathyGutierrezlythauslvr
    @KathyGutierrezlythauslvr หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    The summers may be hot, but the creeks, rivers and lakes make up for it. My childhood was filled every summer with spending time swimming, camping, walking to town and bike riding to the plunge for a day of fun. On the way home I'd stop at Hinkle's Market to get a a pop. Great memories♡

    • @user-gj8ms7jd8v
      @user-gj8ms7jd8v 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Omg. From the thumbnail to market you mentioned, I already know where this is. Don't tell anyone. We want to have relative peace & safety here.

    • @vasil12361
      @vasil12361 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      And there's gold in every single one of 'em.

    • @KathyGutierrezlythauslvr
      @KathyGutierrezlythauslvr 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@vasil12361fools gold...lol

    • @vasil12361
      @vasil12361 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@KathyGutierrezlythauslvr real gold.

  • @fixpacifica
    @fixpacifica หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    The town of Mt. Shasta was the home of the first Black Bear Diner.

    • @Phil-eu4dr
      @Phil-eu4dr 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good food!

    • @michaellee9883
      @michaellee9883 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Really? I thought it started in Oregon.

    • @fixpacifica
      @fixpacifica 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@michaellee9883 "Black Bear Diner is a restaurant chain in the Western United States which serves homestyle and "old-fashioned" comfort foods. The first restaurant was opened in Mount Shasta, California in 1995, founded by Bruce Dean and Bob & Laurie Manley."

  • @bayoumanbryan
    @bayoumanbryan หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Merle Haggard the late, great country legend singer and songwriter spent alot of time on Lake Shasta and mentioned it in the song "My favorite memory of all"

    • @N2Roost
      @N2Roost หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Merle had a ranch nearby in Palo Cedro, same town that my distant family homesteaded.

    • @ElonaldTrusk
      @ElonaldTrusk 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I was born in Bakersfield and have been a merle fan for decades.. they don't make em like they used to.

  • @derickm17
    @derickm17 หลายเดือนก่อน +154

    Norther California is Beautiful! Anything North of Santa Rosa is worth the trip. The Bay Area is going through some stuff right now, living in California my whole life things have really changed since covid, dramatically. Thank you for the Videos, I really appreciate you 2 shining the light on all the good stuff Ca still has to offer..

    • @Sweetheart_of_the_rodeo
      @Sweetheart_of_the_rodeo หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      The Bay Area and San Francisco are doing just fine. Still some of the most beautiful places to live.

    • @user-xb6ek7fl9i
      @user-xb6ek7fl9i หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      It's alright, yet governor is a dictator so its actually ugly in California

    • @sgtlz
      @sgtlz หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Dont worry, DEI will worm its way in to these towns.

    • @wendycarter2304
      @wendycarter2304 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here’s a thought: Communism never works

    • @JuggoJuggo
      @JuggoJuggo หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      @@Sweetheart_of_the_rodeo My cousins live right in San Fran, and no it's not doing just fine. Tons of places that they won't go anymore and car break-ins are routine.

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    41:02 Back around 2010 we visited northern California and southern Oregon. After spending a day visiting the Redwoods it was getting dark and we stopped at a bar southeast of Eureka. My wife said the place looked a little sketchy so my son and I went in and scoped it out. Everyone including the bartender had a gun strapped to their hip, I felt right at home. I told my wife and daughter to come in and we were welcomed as if we were long lost friends. I asked if they had a menu but the bartender said every night they put out a potluck dinner and if you want food put some money in the kitty. The food was phenomenal. I mentioned that I always thought California frowned on firearm ownership and what did the local law enforcement think about everyone being armed. The bartender pointed out a man at the end of the bar and said that was the local sheriff, he just looked at me and smiled. We ran into similar circumstances in almost every western state. I've noticed that the big cities and a narrow strip along the interstates are blue, everything else is as red as can be. Another cool tour, thanks much!

    • @JoeandNicsRoadTrip
      @JoeandNicsRoadTrip  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Great experience, thanks for posting it!

    • @marymacdonald2379
      @marymacdonald2379 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      True. Bakersfield is largely red.

    • @jgringo5516
      @jgringo5516 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep!

    • @ck-qs1xl
      @ck-qs1xl หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      From napa calif here and i loved growing up there we had a 500 acre cattle and deer hunting ranch.

    • @chakatania
      @chakatania หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      All so true. Big hearts and proud of the red, white and blue.

  • @cindytackett7106
    @cindytackett7106 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Exited my home state California for 65 years. Nor-Cal / Sac town will always be in my heart. Found peace here on the Oregon Coast in a small conservative town where everyone respects one another and the environment.
    Anyone who has traveled/visited the Oregon Coast will confirm the amazing coastline !

    • @user-gj8ms7jd8v
      @user-gj8ms7jd8v 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ugh, I think I know where you went. I wish we could afford it. So many regulations, restrictions. :(

    • @consentofthegoverned5145
      @consentofthegoverned5145 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Shhh! Stop letting the secret out!

    • @Nnn0cxf
      @Nnn0cxf 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you for not bringing your communism to Arizona.

  • @cnph7067
    @cnph7067 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Thank you Joe & Nic. Lived in CA (NorCal- East Bay)50 yrs in what I believe is maybe the prettiest state of them all, so many different landscapes. Unfortunately it’s going through some really rough times that many seem to ignore or deny, which is why change won’t happen. We left so our kids could afford to own a home some day. I do miss those landscapes though. Safe travels you two, Oregon is gorgeous too!

    • @coastalhillbilly3419
      @coastalhillbilly3419 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sad, Redding crime rate about 100% over national average and about 50% over CA average.
      Not all bad though, schools, medical, commute rated pretty good.
      I’m sure there are much better and worse places to live in CA and nation

    • @ralphp3057
      @ralphp3057 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I disagree! Beautiful states everywhere in United States! Keep it all in perspective.😁👍

    • @Abbybabby29
      @Abbybabby29 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m from the east bay now in Sacramento but I’d love to move someplace that is affordable 🥲

    • @or2ak
      @or2ak 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Alaska is the most beautiful state.

    • @Letsgo365
      @Letsgo365 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Fresno Co used to be Red, but Bay Area and SoCal ppl discovered our more affordable housing prices 😪

  • @plainandsimple2576
    @plainandsimple2576 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Oh!!! I lived in Northern California until 5 years ago, graduated from Shasta High , in Redding. Had my first child there. Lived in Siskiyou county since 8 th grade, went to school in Yreka and FortJones . Dated a boy from Etna. Left little town of Palermo, near Oroville. I love the NorthState♥️Left for Missouri! Thank you for a view of my past!

    • @salishseas
      @salishseas 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do you like living in Missouri?

    • @plainandsimple2576
      @plainandsimple2576 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@salishseas Absolutely!

  • @catlover614
    @catlover614 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    An awesome video, as always ! Very interesting towns to explore, and the mountain backdrop is beautiful ! Cute cats ! Thanks so much, Joe and Nic.🥰

  • @Jay-Leigh
    @Jay-Leigh หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was so interesting to see all the lovely buildings, some of the store fronts are gorgeous. The trees are pretty too they make everything look lovely, more so as we come away from Winter.
    How beautiful the mountain is absolutely gorgeous.
    Thank you both. Have a great day. 😊

  • @harveypauls3973
    @harveypauls3973 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is just great!! Thnx Nic & Joe!! I’m in a hotel regularly and find your shows are a great way to wind down. I love the cat spotting. Thnx and keep it up!!🤘🏼

  • @cecoya
    @cecoya หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I was surprised to see that encampment at the last town, actually shocked. The first town of Redding and Mt Shasta were beautiful. Clean streets and quiet towns. Thanks for sharing and have a great day and safe travels

    • @jeff9062
      @jeff9062 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Dems bussed them up here, same with Victorville, Adelanto.

    • @JasmineJohnsonPsychicMedium
      @JasmineJohnsonPsychicMedium หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I live in Redding and once you get out of the downtown area you really see the homeless problem. I live just outside city limits and we have a huge homeless problem out here.

    • @bradsanders6954
      @bradsanders6954 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are homeless in virtually every town, they just werent shown in this video of Redding.
      If a town is civil and makes any attempt to help the homeless population they will be overrun in the extreme very quickly. Chasing the homeless around like they are stray dogs and not letting them settle anywhere is the usual plan of attack.
      CA is livable more or less year round, of course homeless head here rather than freeze to death in other states.

    • @coastalhillbilly3419
      @coastalhillbilly3419 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@JasmineJohnsonPsychicMediumIt’s more of a drug problem than a homeless problem

    • @JasmineJohnsonPsychicMedium
      @JasmineJohnsonPsychicMedium หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@coastalhillbilly3419 That is the absolute truth. You would not believe the behavior we see out here!

  • @user-hv9ks2hf6f
    @user-hv9ks2hf6f 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for taking us along. First time watching you. I enjoyed seeing old buildings and towns. 🙋🏼‍♀️

  • @luchomerino27
    @luchomerino27 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    So beautiful, thank you Joe

  • @aubreyleonae4108
    @aubreyleonae4108 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video, looking forward to seeing your others. Love My Shasta and Dunsmur. Castle crags stunning as well.

  • @celiaty5814
    @celiaty5814 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    We really enjoy your travels.
    Like watching you going through my home state of California.
    It's been years since visiting places you are going to, since I no longer live in CA, great memories
    Thanks for your fun informative travels. 👍😁✌️

  • @SajjadKhan-jn7cw
    @SajjadKhan-jn7cw หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great video as always thanks for sharing joe and Nic 👍

  • @highway9974
    @highway9974 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have a nephew who plays baseball at Simpson College. He holds the home run record now.
    Proud of him. He loves it and isnt coming back to Central Valley!

  • @26skogen
    @26skogen หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    I strongly believe the high cost of housing has driven people out into the streets. My dad one said, “One day people who have paid their houses off will no longer be able to pay their taxes and will become homeless”! Here we are. People in my town are really struggling and many rely on our food bank and meat ministry because they can’t afford groceries. I bought my house 10 years ago and since the value of my house trippled. Rents are rediculously high. You would expect these rents in big cities but not in the most isolated rural town in all of Idaho.

    • @Abbybabby29
      @Abbybabby29 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      In California, they have section 8 housing. The other thing is I live in Sacramento. I am from the east Bay area. I could never in 1 million years afford to live there again so I don’t even attempt to. There might be multiple reasons why someone doesn’t move, but if you cannot afford to live somewhere move where you can don’t stay there and live on the street. The other thing is our local police department just went through and talk to 87 homeless people one person took them off on the many offers they gave them for multiple agencies to help them, so they need to get them off the street they need to be supervised housing. Drug rehab, counseling etc I don’t think it’s acceptable to leave mentally ill people on the street. I think it’s cruel and disgusting and I would think most of them are from what I’ve seen.

    • @seaneendelong8065
      @seaneendelong8065 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What Abby said- 6 and 7 gen N Californian and this is hardcore truth. And the homeless aka housing advocates make BANK for life by never actually fixing the problems they claim to try and help

    • @seaneendelong8065
      @seaneendelong8065 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Also CA has Prop.13- your prop taxes cannot go up by more than I think 3% a year from your purchase price UNLESS you do massive additions or renovations, add a bath or more than a room.
      It protects exactly those needing it in their original homes but not those who have money to burn on big improvements

    • @sgraham4533
      @sgraham4533 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@seaneendelong8065 Thank goodness for Prop 13. I wouldn't be in my home if it wasn't for that proposition. I just paid off my home this month. Lots of people and agencies want to abolish that prop because they don't think it's fair and the state wants the additional $$. However, if that prop is abolished there will be a lot more foreclosures and homeless. It takes sacrifice (being fiscally conservative and responsible) to own a home. I hear from a lot of parents that their kids can't afford homes; but those same kids are spending their money on new iphones every time a new model comes out, elaborate vacations, new clothes, expensive dining, and they live for a Pinterest indulgent lifestyle. They don't want to sacrifice. Plus, they only want to live in high class towns with no commute. I'm 54 and I've had to commute for 34 years; been in my house for 27 years and am still "fix'n" it up.

    • @BirdDogey1
      @BirdDogey1 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      California passed Prop 13 back in the 70s. It protects people from the rising cost of property tax. Housing inflation drives up the property tax on purchases. However, you don't suffer under increasing property tax once you've bought it. In fact, you can leave your home to your kids and the tax won't go up so long as they don't sell it.

  • @alexandralovesgoats3360
    @alexandralovesgoats3360 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wow! Fantastic bridge! I love it! Redding is a very nice town. I’m glad you’re curious! Leads to great videos! Love the post office. The hotel is also nice. Mount Shasta is nice. Especially the PD. Yreka looks cool. Great Hardware sign. Interesting about succession of N. CA and Oregon. Your dinner looked excellent. Love chocolate frosties! Looking forward to seeing Oregon!

  • @LOSTINRAPTURE
    @LOSTINRAPTURE หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I really love the art deco and old western style of the houses and buildings. ❤

  • @hammerhousedesign3402
    @hammerhousedesign3402 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As you head into that region, the awe-inspiring view of Mt. Shasta makes the trip worth every mile. It's really something like no other!

  • @CementBarge
    @CementBarge หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I'm third generation San Franciscan and really appreciate your videos of California. Like i run into so many times, the tourist will see more of the state in one week than I've seen in my life.😂 I really love California history and I've always been fascinated in how impactful the West was to the rest of the country and the rest of the world. Big fan of Jack London and Mark Twain and the entire Gold Rush era. I've only been to a few of the Gold country towns and I appreciate your reigniting my interest in visiting more of them.

    • @jockodog2009
      @jockodog2009 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      History, through books, is all well and good. One must put the book down (or, better, take it with you) and get out and see California. Why wait? Why should a week long visit by a tourist come close to a lifetime of living and traveling throughout California?

  • @NBZW
    @NBZW หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    During the late 80’s and thru the 90’s we passed through Redding regularly, on one occasion we stopped at the park to have a cup. A couple of Low Riders pulled in and started blasting music for everyone to enjoy, some spiked with profanity. That lasted about 5 minutes and Reddings finest arrived issuing noise violation citations, gotta love it we thought ❤️

    • @meghancass3187
      @meghancass3187 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm not sure why you call them Reddings finest when all it takes to get hired is a heartbeat and a high school diploma. I'm sure there's some good people amongst that crew but I'm sure with those standards there's also some bad ones. Kind of like the military. Except in the military they get rid of the bad apples because they don't have a union protecting them.

    • @NBZW
      @NBZW 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@meghancass3187 So I’m assuming of course, a high school graduate doesn’t qualify, only college will be acceptable. In that case you need to research the study the military did in the 70’s in an attempt to find why so many were failing the academy entrance examinations. A 1940 California high school diploma was the equivalent of a 1955 state university minor graduate, doesn’t say much for the education system today...So much for that.
      Now, The city’s finest, has always been a reference to the Police Department, at least in my 90 years.
      Another small item I wish too add: we no longer have a system of education it is now a system of indoctrination.

  • @ssourick
    @ssourick หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video as always. Can't wait to see your take on my home state of Oregon!

  • @Victory1981
    @Victory1981 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very nice! Mt. Shasta looked majestic, and the towns were nice.

  • @CrystalPCa
    @CrystalPCa หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hey! Thank you for coming to Redding! You chose a good day because it’s cold and rainy here today!😊

  • @user-hp6ze3qp7t
    @user-hp6ze3qp7t หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Siskiyou county where Mt. Shasta, Weed & Yreka is one of the biggest Marijuana growing & cultivation industry in California! Besides many fires that have displaced families from the Happy Camp mountain community near there, many young people came up to that part of the state to make a fast buck harvesting the smoke. Besides the northern costal towns between Humboldt to Del Norte County being large Marijuana growing areas, Siskiyou is , too, and I think that has contributed to the large encampment of homelessness in Yreka. So sad but true.

    • @techserviceondemand9409
      @techserviceondemand9409 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They did not call the town Weed for no reason.

    • @martharunstheworld
      @martharunstheworld หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A lot of that is way west from Redding though. It's too hot here Mt Shasta and the weather is too harsh there. California is a huge state, so pot growing is much farther west for the most part.

    • @martharunstheworld
      @martharunstheworld หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@techserviceondemand9409 Funny joke.... but obviously not because of that. LOL

    • @pinkythechihuahua3156
      @pinkythechihuahua3156 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And here I thought Weed was named Weed because of...of course.... WEED.

    • @pinkythechihuahua3156
      @pinkythechihuahua3156 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I wish you would have truly remained neutral on the Red and Blue issue. It really ruined the video for me.

  • @daveq6549
    @daveq6549 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have not seen u 2 for quite a while glad to come across this video thank you..

  • @N2Roost
    @N2Roost หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Glad you stayed on the interstate and didn't reveal all the actual cool parts of NorCal. Also, Jeffersonians refer to everything below Red Bluff as Southern California 😮😂

  • @user-xp4ft1ct3s
    @user-xp4ft1ct3s หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I lived in the Redding Area for 25 years. Had dinner at Jack's Grill and saw John Mayall at the Cascade Theater. Back in 1987 I hiked up to the top of Mount Shasta. The view from the top was amazing. I look forward to your next video Jack.

  • @lisamckay3589
    @lisamckay3589 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Joe.. you have the perfect personality for what you do. You are informed and present that information in an entertaining and unbiased way ( unlike another guy with a channel like yours). Anyway, keep doing what you do!

  • @AtheusMilitans
    @AtheusMilitans หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for the footage and commentary Sir!

  • @ArleneW1
    @ArleneW1 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Another great video !! I always enjoy your comments on architecture and have learned a lot from your videos !! I was very happy to see such lovely (red) towns in California !!

  • @nilsg.nelson-molin1170
    @nilsg.nelson-molin1170 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I really enjoyed your vid. Your relaxed &informative approach is cool, friendly. And, despite the misspell in the notes, you certainly pronounce "Redding" correctly
    Thanks for the great travelogues. The heat in summer, well, you understate it. 104°-110° is more like it, it is hellish, truthfully.j

  • @ranarentz1124
    @ranarentz1124 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm from Redding . Haven't lived there for many years and will never live there again. My mother still lives there.

  • @lindadavis1631
    @lindadavis1631 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Enjoyed the ride see you next week 👍👍💕

  • @justmyopinion9883
    @justmyopinion9883 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for sharing your tours of these beautiful Northern California towns. I’ve never been to this part of my state so I appreciate looking around with you.

  • @ammapuramsrinivasrao2249
    @ammapuramsrinivasrao2249 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I couldn't keep my self appreciating the pains taking efforts you are making in making videos of northern California. What a wonderful picturisation showing the little details.
    May God bless you to continue your journey and in the process showing the world ineer towns are US.
    Thanks a lot.

  • @Riowestie
    @Riowestie หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved your docu on Northern California. ❤

  • @mtjm
    @mtjm หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Redding is nice if you can handle the summer heat! One of the hottest places in the state

    • @srjaide
      @srjaide หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I always warn people that come into Redding to stay to prepare for our summer heat and smoke.

    • @ralphp3057
      @ralphp3057 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe it gets a bit hotter than Fl in the summer months. We get the breeze from gulf and Atlantic! Rarely does it get triple digits! 😁👍

    • @lkd06
      @lkd06 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      aside from Death Valley

    • @gregpies1649
      @gregpies1649 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd rather the heat than the cold.

    • @mtjm
      @mtjm หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @lkd06 Death Valley is the hottest place on earth, I wasn't comparing the two 😆. That being said, unless you've been to Redding in the summer you prob wouldn't believe how hot it gets being its at the top of the north state.

  • @user-uo7fw5bo1o
    @user-uo7fw5bo1o หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you for taking us through these quaint little towns in an area of exceptional natural beauty!
    I read about Redding several years back on social media when I stumbled on a Facebook page run by locals who were complaining that their town was being taken over by an Evangelical cult!

    • @annetterohla8932
      @annetterohla8932 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah,you wouldn't want an outbreak of honesty,would you!

    • @bellinghammond
      @bellinghammond 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "I stumbled on a Facebook page run by (satanic) locals who were complaining that their town was being taken over by an Evangelicals"

  • @jburnett8152
    @jburnett8152 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Fun video. My oldest grandchild attended college in Redding. The mountain is known for UFOs and Bigfoot. 😅 I want to mention again your great narration and camera work. Much appreciated. 😸

  • @NativeNYer
    @NativeNYer หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanx Nicole and Joe 4 ur vid. Omgosh the food looked awesome and the tab was up there, cha-ching😮. Very cool b safe.

    • @ankhpom9296
      @ankhpom9296 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In smaller towns at better restaurants a higher bill can be expected.

  • @Skintea753
    @Skintea753 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the video's!

  • @robolgatree5815
    @robolgatree5815 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Amazing story of the Shasta region. Thanks Joe and Nicci

  • @Mariel_Moon
    @Mariel_Moon หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Mt Shasta is beautiful 😍 Interesting small towns. Awesome video as always! Thank you. ❤

  • @JKFella925
    @JKFella925 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just passed by there a couple weeks ago coming home from Portland, super beautiful area and the drive through Oregon is very beautiful also

  • @Kittycat822
    @Kittycat822 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I live in Redding and a retired truck driver. My route was from Redding to Yreka and stopping in Mt Shasta to also unload daily. Yreka was never like that. That encampment is something more recent. I think the county is struggling because of the lack of any sort of industry in the Yreka area. They don’t have the tourism dollars like Mt Shasta. Things changed drastically since Covid. Especially in the attitudes of government. We have all the same issues as the big cities on smaller scales. Lots of illegal grows in the surrounding areas and big drug issues with the transient populations. We however live in a beautiful area we need to get crime under control. The state has made grave errors in their bills easing consequences for crime. Small towns with little to no income feel it the worst.

  • @katharineskilesdaline4535
    @katharineskilesdaline4535 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    On December 23rd, 1970 , I was 18 years old and traveling from Monterey CA to Salem Oregon with my new husband and my 17 year old brother to visit my parents who had deserted us in CA to move to Oregon. We wanted to spend Xmas with them. Unfortunately, a huge snowstorm closed the highway at Weed and our Volkswagon bug quit during the storm because the engine cover was chopped. We spent 2 days in Weed getting the car fixed and I'll never forget how kind the motel and car shop were to these infantile travelers.

  • @DoStuff1958
    @DoStuff1958 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I wonder if that homeless encampment is connected to the high crime rate.

    • @sovsemoxueli
      @sovsemoxueli หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Capitalism 🤦

    • @diane9247
      @diane9247 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Possibly in part, but also the current crisis of predatory landlords all over, maybe especially in smaller cities/towns. They buy up huge amounts of rental housing stock and immediately start cranking up the rent to shocking levels. I am a victim of that, elderly, just not homeless...yet. I live in southern Oregon. It's serious.

    • @bellinghammond
      @bellinghammond 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "I wonder if that homeless encampment is connected to the high crime rate."
      Unpossible!!!! It must be the Monopoly Man with his little top hat, monocle and cane....grrr

  • @RichardJenkins-nv2wv
    @RichardJenkins-nv2wv หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very interesting as usual. Love your videos 😍

  • @Oregonpaint
    @Oregonpaint หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow I have past Yreka countless times in between Oregon and the bay area and have never had the inclination to go past the gas stations on the 5. You just made me want to hop in the car and take the camera over the pass to the south for the day.

  • @nancysimpson4246
    @nancysimpson4246 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for this video California is my home state but I live in Michigan now I have for a long time😊

  • @bobc.7958
    @bobc.7958 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The scenes in Jack's freaked us out!! We lived just south for 15 years and the wife and I had many a steaks at the same table you were at!! We used to call it our table, and now its a TH-cam star.
    If you make it as far as Washington, follow the Columbia River on route 4 from Longview west. Lots of Lewis and Clark stuff including Dismal Nitch where they sheltered from a storm. Along the way there is a charming little town named Cathlamet which was settled by James Birnie.

  • @frankpalermo3882
    @frankpalermo3882 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These are excellent videos informative and educational at right pace and not to long for example the keys west video tone of voice is also perfect.

  • @jennbasil
    @jennbasil หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The Weed Mercantile Mall is one of the strangest places I have ever been in my life. If anyone ever has a chance to go when they're open, GO! It's completely bizarre and worth it (and huge, tons of different rooms all themed, so strange).

  • @mtjm
    @mtjm หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Hope yall get to see the north coast and Redwoods before you leave!

  • @stevenmiller175
    @stevenmiller175 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of my favorite videos from you. I have been to every town you visited and still learned something about every place. I always laugh when I pass through Weed and wondered how Yreka came up with their unusual name, and never in a million years could I have imagined it was from bakery spelled backwards. Enjoy Oregon and I really hope you visit Bend, as that is one of my favorite places and a place I know you and Nicole will love.

  • @yawndave
    @yawndave หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for the tour of Redding. Except for visiting the Sun Dial Bridge, it has always been a place to drive through on my way to Lassen or further north. At 19:50--Black Butte has always fascinated me, I'd love to see the view from up top someday. While Weed isn't named for the "herb", they certainly don't shy away from trading on the association. I doubt any of the "I Love Weed" trinkets in the gift shops are sold to people who want to remember Abner 🙂
    Speaking of Mark Twain, the Francis of Assisi quote brings to mind a saying of his I think is also appropriate: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." See you in Oregon next time!

  • @beckystretch8869
    @beckystretch8869 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you 😊I always wanted to know about this

  • @Guillotine504
    @Guillotine504 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You are the bob Ross of vlogs I love your vids😊

  • @RobinGerhart
    @RobinGerhart หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice, enjoyed the towns! Thank you!

  • @annaleeblysse
    @annaleeblysse หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live in Northern Nevada and have family in WA and OR so I have spent the night in Yreka more times than I can remember. But I never have spent an extra night and got a really good look around. But it’s a lovely town. I also never went to Redding because it so many miles out of the way for my visits. I should do a staycation there someday. I love the Mt. Shasta area of California. I have seen so many amazing days over the decades. Like a butterfly migration by McCloud. How lucky was that. Love that region.

    • @dwainsellers6453
      @dwainsellers6453 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yreka Bakery spelled backwards is Yreka Bakery

  • @user-sd6lt5cw8s
    @user-sd6lt5cw8s หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video! The mountains are so majestic! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us all. Good job! 👍🏼

  • @davidrains3918
    @davidrains3918 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live near Cottonwood , pop. 3,500, a few miles south of Redding and even here there are homeless drug addicts everywhere.

  • @zoidmo3388
    @zoidmo3388 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome Vid sighting with a Kitty sighting too! It's a great day. Thx Joe & Nicole.🥰

  • @allybandy3047
    @allybandy3047 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This is MY California ♥

  • @keyup2626
    @keyup2626 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sweet place to visit.

  • @Sovann-AKA-CambodianRedNeck
    @Sovann-AKA-CambodianRedNeck หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a beautiful place. I definitely need to put on my bucket list. 'Preciate Ya and God Bless!

  • @kutnahora100
    @kutnahora100 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been to Redding and Mt Shasta for snow skiiing or perhaps snow viewing coming from the Hercules and Woodland areas since we don't get snow down in Yolo and Contra Costa Counties. Beautiful towns and nice people.

  • @patm5594
    @patm5594 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video. I got a good laugh when you said that towns name. Weed, being California, I just assumed it was named after the devil's lettuce.

  • @jwarthen1977
    @jwarthen1977 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've always loved the beauty of Northern California. When will you go through California again? If you do, could you go to Placerville? That's where I was born

  • @josezapata1878
    @josezapata1878 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for making my day better.

  • @TheRoafer
    @TheRoafer 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh yeah, Jack's!!
    This is a great area of Northern California. I have good friends there and Weed. Redding is a good town and it's no longer a small town.
    The last thirty years it's seen rapid growth.
    I've climbed Mt. Shasta over 30 times with skis 20 times with my 20th about three weeks ago.

  • @rick3904
    @rick3904 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    One negative about Redding is that the summers are really hot. 105 to 110 or higher not uncommon.

    • @srjaide
      @srjaide หลายเดือนก่อน

      Totally agree!

    • @noahkoch9153
      @noahkoch9153 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it's hotter on average in Redding than in Phoenix, AZ which completely boggles my mind

    • @davidortega357
      @davidortega357 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Anywhere in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley is HOT. PERIOD 105. ---- 113 5 months in summer blues Jun. Thru Oct

  • @adventuresinmyvan
    @adventuresinmyvan หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    love watching this from England

  • @bdgies2721
    @bdgies2721 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Weed is the southern terminus of Highway 97. It goes north the 49th, entering Canada at Osoyoos, British Columbia, continuing on to the 60th where it end in Watson Lake, Yukon. It’s a distance of just over 3,100 km (1,930 miles). I live along Hwy 97 in the BC Southern Interior.

  • @mariesheppard3750
    @mariesheppard3750 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice video again see you in the next town

  • @bearclawvelez370
    @bearclawvelez370 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Joe, you should visit Eureka, Ferndale, and Trinidad it's just three hours east of Redding

    • @nancyparker9986
      @nancyparker9986 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes ! Those areas are extremely beautiful!!!!!

    • @kimberlydehuff5415
      @kimberlydehuff5415 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the drive there is one of California’s most beautiful trips!

    • @xxa455xx
      @xxa455xx หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don't forget about Petrolia. The road between there and Ferndale might be one of the best drives in the entire country.

    • @tbuddy3005
      @tbuddy3005 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That would be West of Redding

    • @lkd06
      @lkd06 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      those towns are on the coast, not east of redding

  • @YBSolow
    @YBSolow หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ive done a lot of lineman work up there. Beautiful place.

  • @ruthnolan13
    @ruthnolan13 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Redding gets VERY hot in the summer! As hot as the southern Cal deserts. Even though it's so far in Northern California.

  • @EricPS
    @EricPS หลายเดือนก่อน

    I drive through these towns quite a lot. I live in Oregon and travel down to the Bay Area to see my sister every once in a while. Yes, Northern California is a beautiful area. I even went through there by train one time. That was a nice trip.

  • @user-lw7mw1cj5k
    @user-lw7mw1cj5k หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Another very nice video. All the towns had some very nice housing. The cost of living in Yreka is probably influenced by the high crime rate. I'm not a fan of snow so these towns don't tempt me. I grew up in Utah too and am glad to live in the Texas Hill Country. Driving in snow, as you mentioned in the video, isn't fun. It sounds like your limp is back a little. I struggle with my legs myself. The food looked great. It is good you are closing upon the half million subscriber mark as eating out like that is a tad bit pricy. Your income from TH-cam should be covering the bill nicely. Thanks again for another entertaining video. The cats were indeed a nice bonus. We have a Himalayan Blue Point here at the house and a Chihuahua, the state dog of Texas :) Looking forward to the next video.

  • @TomHassani
    @TomHassani 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Definitely appreciate those old theaters

  • @TheRedDevil_NC
    @TheRedDevil_NC 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I will always be California born and raised but sad what has happened to my state and home town. I left just as it started to get bad. Appreciate you pointing out the rural red areas. There arent many left sad to say.

  • @sandyago4735
    @sandyago4735 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    At the end. Jack's Grill. $148.00. Yikes! Way overpriced for the quality of the salad and potato. $27 for six deep-fried scallops . Jeepers! Run away they are robbing you guys

    • @Allium_369
      @Allium_369 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He should go to the yaks in dunsmir. The water there is magical, literally! You have to get their bourbon sticky buns and a burger.

    • @GrnXnham
      @GrnXnham 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I was thinking the same! I thought they paid nearly double what that meal should have cost. But you have to remember this is California....🙄

  • @lizinwisconsin6728
    @lizinwisconsin6728 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I recognized the Sun Dial Bridge as a Santiago Calatrava design. Milwaukee, WI has a beautiful Calatrava structure next to the Art Museum right on Lake Michigan.

  • @gloriaturley324
    @gloriaturley324 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think I have seen everyone of your videos love them. Have you ever been to Long Beach, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach. I saw your Los Angeles video. Its a shame, actually I have not been to l.A. since high school.

  • @beesomsak6727
    @beesomsak6727 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nice to see the nice side of California and not the tent cities etc. Nice video and well spoken

  • @Nicksonian
    @Nicksonian หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As modern architecture goes, the Shasta County Courthouse is relatively attractive. Definitely like the post office.
    Bradford Pears were blooming everywhere in Maryland weeks ago. I work in a garden center and occasionally have customers looking to buy one and I have to tell them that we don’t sell them-haven’t for years. They’re like dandelions, beautiful but insidious weeds.

  • @hilarybramley7529
    @hilarybramley7529 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great episode, thankyou. That theater in Redding was beautifully maintained. Yreka maybe a little creepy?

  • @timothyreigstad5583
    @timothyreigstad5583 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve spent time around Allegheny and a claim on kanaka creek, and it’s as far away from blue California as you can get…I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than kanaka creek and the history is amazing…

  • @dgsantafedave1
    @dgsantafedave1 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The median home prices may be low, but, good luck getting them insured!

  • @stevesloan56
    @stevesloan56 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good to see you're in Northern California in Redding. Wish I would have known you were going to be in that area. I just live about 45 miles away in red bluff. Just enjoying you all of your videos. If I would have known you were going to be here, I would have treated you and Nic 2 a nice lunch

    • @CrystalPCa
      @CrystalPCa หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same here! We live in Redding and I had hopes they would come here! Would have been fun to see them. We always follow their show.

  • @marmarmarjacks5169
    @marmarmarjacks5169 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watching you go to Oakland, California made me feel better about my city😂😂😂

  • @marmeone
    @marmeone 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The first time I saw Mt Shasta, I actually got dizzy! 😆 It loomed so large over me that it took me a bit to place myself within my range of vision!

  • @marywalker2896
    @marywalker2896 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video!!

  • @usmcmos0317
    @usmcmos0317 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another great video Joe. Took me a while to get to watch this video. Beautiful part of the country. Like you I also was surprised by the population of Redding. Really nice towns, finally found one I might be able to afford to live in ( but couldn’t handle the snowfall) LoL. Just wondering if that extremely large homeless camp could have anything to do with that really high crime rate it sure seems extremely high for a town of that size. Thanks for the stats one of my favorite parts. Safe travels my friend, keep filming and I’ll keep watching