Northern California is beautiful!

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♡

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

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..

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!

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"

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 !

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.

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!

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

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!

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

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.

So beautiful, thank you Joe

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

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. 😊

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!!🤘🏼

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

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. 👍😁✌️

Great video as always thanks for sharing joe and Nic 👍

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for the footage and commentary Sir!

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

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!

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 ❤️

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

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

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

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.

Loved your docu on Northern California. ❤

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).

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

Thank you for the video's!

Enjoyed the ride see you next week 👍👍💕

Amazing story of the Shasta region. Thanks Joe and Nicci

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!

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.

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.

love watching this from England

Very interesting as usual. Love your videos 😍

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.

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

Very nice, enjoyed the towns! Thank you!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Definitely appreciate those old theaters

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

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

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

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.

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. 😸

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

Thank you 😊I always wanted to know about this

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.

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.

0:55 reminds me of the “Puente de la Mujer” from Buenos Aires, where I live.

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

I'm a newbie to your YT channel, and what I love about it is that you always give video time to cats! That's awesome. I also like it that you focus on architecture. I like that. Obviously I am learning a lot about these small towns, many of which I have visited myself. ......Russell D.

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

California is such a huge state with everything you can dream of.Great video and enjoy your stay!

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

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

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.

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.

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

Thank you for making my day better.

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

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

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.

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 KZfaq 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.

Nice video again see you in the next town

I love Shasta I always spend a few days there when I am driving up to see family in Oregon

Thanks for the views !! I also love the older architecture! Thanks guys ! 😁👍

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 KZfaq 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.

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!

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 !!

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…

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.

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.

Thanks for the ride along, never would of seen those places. CAT"S Found Squirrel found Dinned looked good. Nicky had Steak, WoW Thanks again

$48 for a steak in a town with a high poverty rate. My aunt was married to John who was born and raised in Yreka. He hated it, never wanted to go back. His father owned the only pharmacy in town and was prosperous. I visited his father's home in Yreka in around 1980. The home was very nice and it was obvious that he was privileged. I believe the home was on the perimeter of the park at 36:50 of the video. I was in Yreka for the dedication of headquarters of the US Forest Service which the father had been involved with in some way.

Hey Joe - you seem to be into old storefronts, signs, etc. - If you ever do Cincinnati or nearby, you should check out the American Sing Museum there - I think you'd really enjoy it.

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!

Jacks Grill looks really good. Nice and old fashioned

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

I was wondering how the violent crime could be so high in Yreka and then you came upon the "encampment"...😮

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