I started the day at the Gannon's. I ended the day at Sycamore Grove Campground.

Here is a short description of the day:

long, hot drive to Red Bluff
too much traffic, too blinkin’ hot! Explore Red Bluff Rec Area

Here is a short description of the evening:

Six miles from Red Bluff, yet strangely empty on a hot August Wednesday. Super nice place. A lonely outpost of Mendocino National Forest - a little chunk of federal land next to the diversion dam. The parking lots are huge, making it seem like it was full of action back when the dam was being used create the diversionary lake. Shutting it down a couple of decades ago was sad for the boaters of Red Bluff, but great for the salmon, who were being killed off by the salmon ladder.

Story for today: August 2012.