What if it Snows?

I would rather meet "my" dog. At least I might be able to surrender to the handler in time. That Lobo looks kinda thin.

 

Grand "Old Hoss's" of the day. Seen front and back of many of them, depending on how black his smoke was.

 

"Lifeless eyes, like a doll's eyes."
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I agree with MACK, good name. At first I thought his name maybe Dude, I've gotta dog with that name, he showed up and I'm saying Dude go home,dude get off me, dude you live here!, yet he kept coming back lives here now and the name stuck....kinda funny that every once in a while he will do something to make think of the Big Lebowski.

 

OK if this offends anyone I apologize, if I'm outta line....well mods you know what to do, BUT I thought it was funny.

 

Anyone take 299 from Redding to Eureka lately. Just an observation. I am giving that road another year or so then major parts of it are going to be gone IMO. Quite a few places even though they are really trying to repair just don't look so good. Have you been that way lately @REO6205 if so what says you, I know these areas are more of your expertise

 

Yes. I’m one year shy of not being a millennial so I just give myself that bump.

 

My buddy in highscool had a few healers on the farm. Put teeth marks in your tires as you came and went.

 

Very bad….. cost of parking a truck I guess

 

I'd worry more about 101 between Orick and Crescent City.
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There are parts of 299, east and west both, that will be problematic every year. The road was initially built on old buggy trails without much thought to the weight and traffic they face today. As time goes on the problems get worse and more expensive to solve.
I like to drive it in the daylight. At night, even in the canyon, it's easy to over-drive your headlights and wind up as a paint spot on a big boulder or a tree that came down off the cut. Cal-Trans is supposed to patrol that at night with rock plows but nobody puts much faith in them.
Watch out for the narrows just east of Burnt Ranch. Sharp turns, straight down to the river if you're headed west, and lots of rocks in the road after a rain. Very tight when meeting another truck.
Buckhorn isn't a factor anymore since they straightened some of it. Unless it's snowing. If you're going across at night be sure to lay on your horn when you go by the sand house. The CalTrans guys will be in there napping and it really pisses them off.

Down along the river is a real crap shoot. Some years it slides, some years it doesn't. There are three active slides between Weaverville and Willow Creek and that doesn't count the usual slip outs and culvert collapses.
If you're coming down Oregon Summit ( the first hard pull out of Weaverville) west bound believe the speed limit signs, Also, coming down that same hill at night, if you start down that last long straight stretch before you hit the river and you don't see any lights, especially in the winter, get as much heat as you can on your windshield and your mirrors as quick as you can.. You're about to discover the famous Trinity River freezing fog. If you hit it without heat it's like somebody painted your windshield shut.
The bridges along the river will be iced up too, especially the ones with a curved approach and departure and a curved bridge.

I definitely wouldn't start over 299 in either direction without checking with CalTrans first.

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Just like any other winter mountain driving, bring extra groceries and warm clothes. Eureka is high priced on diesel but I'd still top off before I started across.

Sorry this kind of rambles a little. I've never had to write about that goat trail before, just drive it.