Back home from Redding!!

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August 07, 2008, 05:41:45 PM Last Edit: August 14, 2008, 09:16:10 PM by cheesemaker
Getting the van all loaded up for our trip to Redding, CA.  We leave at 6 am in the morn.  Hopefully, we have a smooth trip down and back.  We will be back tuesday night.  We are attending my wife's 20th class reunion, and her cousin LaDawna (4THEWKN's widow) and aunt Toni are meeting us there for a couple days.  Hopefully the weather will not be as hot as it's predicted.  Would love to hook up with Nate if we had time, but I don't think we will. 

Please think of us and pray we have no problems on the road.  Will miss ya all.  Will post pics of our trip when we get back.  Take care one and all!  See ya'll soon.

Cheesemaker
Miss ya Dean (4THEWKN) & Kyle (KYOTA)!!

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JanMarie13

#1
August 07, 2008, 06:50:24 PM
Have a safe trip cheesey!!  Send our love and continued prayers and support to LaDawna!  :wave:
RIP Kyle, we love and miss you man.  :smooch:
Quote from: KYOTA on October 03, 2009, 10:33:31 AM
thanks for the smooch I miss you too !  :yesnod:

Stocker

#2
August 07, 2008, 07:17:57 PM
Best wishes for a safe & happy trip!!  Might be small amounts of smoke around Redding & Whiskeytown but nothing like it was! 
Looking forward to the pics!   :thumbs:
My goal in life is to be as a good a person as my dog already thinks I am.

If you don't learn something every day, you're not paying attention.

79coyotefrg

#3
August 07, 2008, 08:17:07 PM
be safe Cheesy :wave: 
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kneedownnate

#4
August 07, 2008, 08:42:36 PM
Quote from: cheesemaker on August 07, 2008, 05:41:45 PM
Would love to hook up with Nate if we had time, but I don't think we will. 

That'd be cool, but since we're now 3 guys down I'm gonna be super busy too!  I pm'd my # but forgot to add that you'll probably hafta leave a voicemail if you do end up needing to call me.  If I'm around management there's no way I can answer my phone, but I can usually separate from them and check voicemail soon.

Good luck, hope the trip goes well  :thumbs:  And yea, it's been pretty clear lately, very little smoke in the valley at all!
RIP KYOTA

You can go through life being scared of the possible, or you can have a little fun and tease the inevitable.

Give a man venison, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to hunt Blacktail, he'll be frustrated for life!

Stocker

#5
August 07, 2008, 08:45:29 PM
Ahhhh, nothing like a family vacation!!!    :disturbed:
My goal in life is to be as a good a person as my dog already thinks I am.

If you don't learn something every day, you're not paying attention.

jimbo74

#6
August 07, 2008, 08:49:09 PM
good luck on the trip!
:usa:

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

~ John F. Kennedy ~

kneedownnate

#7
August 07, 2008, 10:11:43 PM
Quote from: Stocker on August 07, 2008, 08:45:29 PM
Ahhhh, nothing like a family vacation!!!    :disturbed:


Holy crap, that thing's hideously gorgeous!
RIP KYOTA

You can go through life being scared of the possible, or you can have a little fun and tease the inevitable.

Give a man venison, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to hunt Blacktail, he'll be frustrated for life!

abnormaltoy

#8
August 07, 2008, 10:33:45 PM
Have good time and remember to go before you leave home!
The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-- Winston Churchill

Censorship, that most subtle tool of oppression, the tool of the fearful and small minded. 8/15/2008

"It is interesting that we are asked to NOT judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics. Too bad gun owners can't get same judgment."
Travis Tritt (I know!)

Cheesemaker

#9
August 07, 2008, 10:37:40 PM
OH hell ya the family truckster!!   :thumbs:

When we were getting the van, the wife and I were all about getting the station wagon like that one if we ever saw one for sale.  But we finally saw two of them, after we bought our van!  :tantrum:

Abnormal, I'm the one with the small bladder.  I always hated going anywhere with dad when I was younger, I would purposely fall asleep on long road trips.  We stop every two hours just for that reason.  And in college, I always lost at the beer drinking games!

Nate got your #, hopefully we won't need it, but I like to be safe.  So, thanks for the digits.  :thumbs: 

Well, time for bed, see ya'll on the flip side!   :wave:
Miss ya Dean (4THEWKN) & Kyle (KYOTA)!!

4THEWKN~9/17/2006  If it wasn't for you, I'd be driving something other than a Toyota!

My build up ~ project Kilchis! http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=32961.0
Zak's truck build ~ http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=64319.0;topicseen

red

#10
August 08, 2008, 02:13:12 PM
have fun and be safe :wave:
read and comment :whip:

USAF EOD tech

Cheesemaker

#11
August 14, 2008, 10:01:51 PM
Well, we are home and safe.  It took me a few days to recover.  Got home at 11:30 PM tuesday, and had to be at work at 4:30 AM wednesday morn.  And I didn't sleep at all!  So, I was up for over 30 hours, before I got any sleep.

Well here's the report and pics with it!

We had very little traffic down and back.  Which was nice.  We got to see the smoke from the fires. 
Here's the sunset from the casino, Win-River Casino.


And some haze at the Whiskey town lake.


Here's a picture of my wife and I leaving for her dinner on saturday, we had a social friday, but didn't stay too long, since we were tired.


Yes, I was sporting my old school Chuck Taylors, and I had a kid in a bathroom complement me on my vintage Chucks!  Which was odd, because a guy don't give other guys complements!  Especially in a restroom :yikes:  It must be a California thing!  :rofl2:

And her best friends and my wife getting a group photo.


I only had two, since they were expensive!  $4.25!  Ok, maybe it's been a long time since I was at a bar!


We did the sights while there in Redding!
Whiskeytown lake

Sundial bridge at Turtle bay. 


We didn't do the Turtle Bay thing, since it was EXPENSIVE to get in, and it was 110* outside!  This is my son trying to cool off on the A/C!


Shasta Dam!


The crane that helped build the dam was exposed, which has only happened twice I was told, but my wife didn't get a pic.  :sad2:  Which was cool to see.

And we did alot of swimming.  Pretty much most of the day was at the pool.




And of course we did Crater Lake on the way back home!


We did get to visit with the family.
LaDawna,   (4THEWKN)

She wasn't too happy with her hairdressers decision on the rocker look, but she was happy, and it was good to see her.
My wife and her cousin Ladawna

LaDawna's mom, Toni, the one in purple, and my mother in law

LaDawna's brother Richard



And the funniest thing we saw on the trip. 

Made me want a beer soo bad!!  :beer:

It was a good trip, wish I had alot more time to check out other things while in Redding, but there is always next time!  At least we only had one day of hot weather, all the other days were like 95* and very tolerable, but Monday at 110* was over the top. 




Miss ya Dean (4THEWKN) & Kyle (KYOTA)!!

4THEWKN~9/17/2006  If it wasn't for you, I'd be driving something other than a Toyota!

My build up ~ project Kilchis! http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=32961.0
Zak's truck build ~ http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=64319.0;topicseen

jimbo74

#12
August 14, 2008, 10:12:18 PM
good looking family..... glad you made it back home safely...


haha, i was telling my wife last week i know a guy onmline that makes tillamook cheese, and she said that was her favorite cheese.....
:usa:

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

~ John F. Kennedy ~

NorCalToy

#13
August 14, 2008, 10:14:58 PM
its weird seeing stuff like that that i see frequently posted as something somebodyu is pumped about seeing...did anybody tell you about the OHV park across shasta dam? :drool:
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kneedownnate - You can go through life being scared of the possible, or you can have a little fun and tease the inevitable

iɹǝʌo ǝɯ ııoɹ sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟı

:flamer: IFS

Cheesemaker

#14
August 14, 2008, 10:28:33 PM
I didn't know about the OHV park, but I don't think the mini van would be able to do any crawling!  The wife would be pissed!  :tantrum: 

Alot of the land on the other side of the dam was burned in the fire!
Miss ya Dean (4THEWKN) & Kyle (KYOTA)!!

4THEWKN~9/17/2006  If it wasn't for you, I'd be driving something other than a Toyota!

My build up ~ project Kilchis! http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=32961.0
Zak's truck build ~ http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=64319.0;topicseen

NorCalToy

#15
August 14, 2008, 10:32:16 PM
it is(was maybe after fires??) a 52,000 acre park. :yesnod: huge place, can get right down to the lake. i had heard a lot of it got burnt but i nbever knew how much... :dunno:

they have minivan rated trails open :yupyup:
:willynilly: '89 truck SAS sittin on 35's, Tacoma rear axle w/ E-Locker, welded front

kneedownnate - You can go through life being scared of the possible, or you can have a little fun and tease the inevitable

iɹǝʌo ǝɯ ııoɹ sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟı

:flamer: IFS

kneedownnate

#16
August 15, 2008, 01:00:48 AM
Glad it went well for you guys!  If the crane by the damn is exposed now it would have been out last year too, as well as in the mid 70s when the lake was over 250 feet down (don't quote me on that distance, but it's close). 

I wanna check out crater lake too, but not without my fishing gear!
RIP KYOTA

You can go through life being scared of the possible, or you can have a little fun and tease the inevitable.

Give a man venison, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to hunt Blacktail, he'll be frustrated for life!

Cheesemaker

#17
August 15, 2008, 11:40:52 AM
Crater Lake is awesome!   :thumbs:  Just plan on being up there really early in the morn, about a 1.5 hour drive up.  They say it's a 2 to 3 hour drive around the rim, 33.5 ,miles.  And alot of hiking trails all over the place.  Next time, we want to camp in one of the many campsites that are in the shadow of the park.  And then spend the entire day checking out all the trails, do the rim drive, and I really want to do the boat tour of the lake, and do Wizard Island.  It's a volcano within a volcano!  And I really want to see the old man of the lake!  There is a hemlock log that has been floating in the lake forever, but instead of floating horizontal its floating vertical,  which has baffled scientists forever.  There is fish there, but I don't think they will let ya fish in it!  But just checking it out will be worth the time!
Miss ya Dean (4THEWKN) & Kyle (KYOTA)!!

4THEWKN~9/17/2006  If it wasn't for you, I'd be driving something other than a Toyota!

My build up ~ project Kilchis! http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=32961.0
Zak's truck build ~ http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=64319.0;topicseen

Stocker

#18
August 15, 2008, 05:12:26 PM
Glad everyone had a good time and made it back home okay!!   :thumbs:


:psss:  and Nate's been to Crater Lake, but he doesn't remember 'cause he was still in three-cornered pants.  It was around Memorial Day and the edge of the snow in the parking lot was 2 or 3 feet above the roof of our 3/4T Dodge van...  You're right, it's awesome up there.  The rim road was closed when we were there but someday we'll go do the whole touristy thing.   :gap:
My goal in life is to be as a good a person as my dog already thinks I am.

If you don't learn something every day, you're not paying attention.

kneedownnate

#19
August 16, 2008, 09:56:03 AM
Quote from: Stocker on August 15, 2008, 05:12:26 PM
:psss:  and Nate's been to Crater Lake, but he doesn't remember 'cause he was still in three-cornered pants.  It was around Memorial Day and the edge of the snow in the parking lot was 2 or 3 feet above the roof of our 3/4T Dodge van... 

I do remember the pics though  :thumbs:
RIP KYOTA

You can go through life being scared of the possible, or you can have a little fun and tease the inevitable.

Give a man venison, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to hunt Blacktail, he'll be frustrated for life!

abnormaltoy

#20
August 16, 2008, 09:59:39 AM
Awwww, wittle Nate wunning awound in his Pampers...did he play with boats back then too!
The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-- Winston Churchill

Censorship, that most subtle tool of oppression, the tool of the fearful and small minded. 8/15/2008

"It is interesting that we are asked to NOT judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics. Too bad gun owners can't get same judgment."
Travis Tritt (I know!)

Stocker

#21
August 16, 2008, 10:17:24 AM
Nate has always loved water...  as a kid, he would fish in a mud puddle if you let him.   :yupyup:
My goal in life is to be as a good a person as my dog already thinks I am.

If you don't learn something every day, you're not paying attention.

abnormaltoy

#22
August 16, 2008, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: Stocker on August 16, 2008, 10:17:24 AM
Nate has always loved water...  as a kid, he would fish in a mud puddle if you let him.   :yupyup:

Memories of childhood! I would build a bridge over the puddle...then make some sort of bomb and blow it up. My family is genetically predisposed towards explosives.  :gap:
The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-- Winston Churchill

Censorship, that most subtle tool of oppression, the tool of the fearful and small minded. 8/15/2008

"It is interesting that we are asked to NOT judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics. Too bad gun owners can't get same judgment."
Travis Tritt (I know!)

brainlessfool

#23
August 16, 2008, 12:08:05 PM
Quote from: abnormaltoy on August 16, 2008, 10:22:50 AM
Memories of childhood! I would build a bridge over the puddle...then make some sort of bomb and blow it up. My family is genetically predisposed towards explosives.  :gap:

me thinks you watched "bridge over the river Qy" once to much as a kid.  :laugh:
A good day working, that's just sick :reg:

kneedownnate

#24
August 16, 2008, 09:03:05 PM
Quote from: Stocker on August 16, 2008, 10:17:24 AM
Nate has always loved water...  as a kid, he would fish in a mud puddle if you let him.   :yupyup:

:haha:  I seem to remember you saying one time  "Nathan would fish in a toilet if we'd let him..."
RIP KYOTA

You can go through life being scared of the possible, or you can have a little fun and tease the inevitable.

Give a man venison, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to hunt Blacktail, he'll be frustrated for life!

Stocker

#25
August 16, 2008, 10:25:55 PM
That's very possible...    :yesnod:
My goal in life is to be as a good a person as my dog already thinks I am.

If you don't learn something every day, you're not paying attention.

mudguts

#26
August 17, 2008, 09:07:34 AM
brown trout  :ack:
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unclejpl4x4

#27
August 17, 2008, 09:35:58 AM
Wow cool vaca bro  glad U had fun.

now if that was in NJ it would read NO beer anytime or the NJ stoormtroopers will lock you up
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