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DRIVE
»
TOUR
The VOLCANIC LEGACY
SCENIC BYWAY is a
500-mile-long route that
winds from LAKE
ALMANOR, south of
Mount Lassen, to CRATER
LAKE in southern Oregon,
with access to most of the
region’s major attractions.
volcaniclegacybyway.org
following the discovery of gold in Yreka and
Upper Soda Springs in 1850. To the east, at what
is now Lava Beds National Monument, the
Modoc tribe and the U.S. Army fought the last
of the Indian wars in California in 1872-73. In
the late 1880s, the Central Pacific Railroad
spurred development of the timber and
tourism industries, and in the 1970s, New Age
seekers began filtering into the area, culmi-
nating in 1987’s “Harmonic Convergence,”
which identified Shasta as one of the world’s
“power centers.”
Family Fun
The Sundial Bridge is the big draw, but for fam-
ilies, the surrounding Turtle Bay Exploration
Center in Redding offers a full day’s worth of
activities emphasizing the Sacramento River
watershed, including an aquarium, museum,
zoo, botanical garden and a recreated logging
camp (turtlebay.org).
BUMPAS HELL in Lassen Volcanic
National Park, above; a motorcyclist
cruises through the park, top; ranch
and vineyard in the Temecula Valley,
opposite.
SPECIAL
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EVENTS 2014
Classic cars, sock hops and ’50s-style burger joints are the big attractions of Redding’s
COOL APRIL NIGHTS. April 19-27 koolaprilnites.com
Eighty wild horses run free on the 5,000-acre WILD HORSE SANCTUARY near Mount
Lassen. Guided, two- and three-day rides are offered spring through fall, and a special
wildflower-themed ride is on April 26-27. wildhorsesanctuary.org
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LARRY HABEGGER. TOP: DAVID BRIMM/SHUTTERSTOCK. OPPOSITE: CHIP MORTON/TEMECULA VALLEY CVB