If you have plans to visit Drakesbad at Lassen Volcanic National Park this summer, you will need to have an alternative plan. Drakesbad is closed for the 2022 season due to damage sustained from last year’s Dixie Fire.  On the other hand, the park highway is now open, as last winter’s snow fall was lighter than normal.

Tim

Today, I am just not a perky Purdy. Forgive me that there is not the usual post.  However, please use the search feature, enter a topic and one can get “lost” in the results. Personally, I use it from time to time to seek some peripheral data for a future post—I amazed the  wealth of material that I have posted in the last seven years.

 Tim

There are a handful posts that I repeat each year, and for good reason. With summer weather upon us, it is an ideal time to check out the many wonders that surround the residents of the Lassen Region.

In 1929, the Lassen Advocate published an editorial “Know Your Country.”  The gist of it, encouraged residents to get out and see all the various and interesting natural surroundings we have. I am always ready to get out and about to explore. I never know where that might be, but I do have a few obscure historical sites that I want to check out.

Hopefully, this summer we will be spared of fires, heat and smoke.

Tim

For those headed out to Eagle Lake for Memorial Day Wekend, don’t forget about Camp Ronald McDonald’s  Annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast. From 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday May 28, and Sunday May 29, the public can enjoy an all you can eat breakfast; including pancakes, sausage and hot and cold beverages! The camp located at the south shore and adjacent to the Gallatin House.

Tim

The above photograph appeared in a 1956 Susanville Business Directory. While the quality is not the best, I thought some might appreciate the same. In 2020, work began on what is dubbed the Good Fred Project by Caltrans. It consists of a new bridge over Goodrich Creek and a major highway alignment over Fredonyer. Hopefully, the project will be completed this year.

Tim

Truth to be told, the main story to accompany this photograph will probably not appear until this fall. However, there is significance to the image. It was a handful of first scans that I have done recently since my “fall from grace.” Recovery is slow, but sure, and progress is being made.

Tim

On a quarterly basis, I ask you the reader, if there is something you would like to learn more about or maybe its something you heard, but question its validity. So here is an opportunity to participate. I will do my best to answer any questions. It should be noted, it may take awhile for the answer to appear as a post. The primary reason, many of the daily posts are done nearly a month in advance. So by the time you read this I am already working on posts for the middle of May, or at least I should be. Whatever the case may be, I look forward to hearing from you. Of course, it should be noted that paid subscribers requests receive priority. In addition, you can always send a request at any time.

Tim

First of all, I plan to still issue calendars for the next few years. There are some production issues to be worked out. Anyhow, on two occasions I have used a contemporary color photograph for the cover. The above photograph of Dow Wells, near Eagle Lake, graced the 2021 calendar cover. For those photographers out there, if you happen to see something of interest that may be suitable for a cover, please free to submit. It should be noted that they need to be taken in the portrait mode. One has plenty time during the spring, summer and early fall as I will not need the same until October 1.

Tim