Snow, Deer, & Rest

Day 4

So we were a little worried when we got to Mt. Shasta that access to the trails head was closed or limited because there was a lot of snow still on the mountain. And then we awoke to this:




It was a easy decision after that to not take the RV out to any trail heads and just relax at the campsite. After the snow turned into rain and let up in the late morning, we went back down to the lake shore for some snowy photos.





In the afternoon we went out for a walk, and the sky had cleared enough where we could see that we had a direct view of Mt. Shasta past the hills across Lake Siskiyou, but there were still a few large clouds lingering around the mountain. We walked a bit more in the area around the camp ground when we had a unexpected encounter...

... the Deer Whisperer.


Okay, this was pretty crazy for being so far out into the wilderness. I spotted a couple of deer in the clearing ahead, but I had the dogs and didn't want to scare them so Jake went on ahead to try to get a better shot. And he vanishes into the woods. Casey and I waited for a while before stared heading in Jake's direction. We eventually saw him about 10 feet from some deer who didn't seem to mind at all. At one point we saw a couple deer walking, then Jake following them, then a couple more deer following Jake! He was practically frolicking with the stupid deer!

Anyway, he got some great pictures. Here are a few:






After that we just relaxed/read/napped back at the campsite. In the evening we went back out to try get better photos of Shasta, which had cleared up a bit, but not completely.



And Niko and Riley used that as an opportunity to blow off some steam from being cooped up in the RV all day.




Day 5 will take us into Oregon (for one day). Ashland is only about a 90 minute drive away, where the hold a Shakespeare Festival. We have tickets for MacBeth at 8pm.