This is my first photo tour for my friends at Xmarks. After enjoying the numerous photo posts by Alex, Ron, and others, I thought I would share some photos from my recent trip to the Mount Shasta area of my home state of California.

It was a three day trip that started on the McCloud river. For my trout fishing friends, this is from the U.S Department of Agriculture bulletin on the area:

" The McCloud River, from which this arm of Shasta Lake takes its name, was named after Alexander R. McCloud, a Scot fur trapper who was snowbound along the river in 1829. Little of the land along the McCloud river was ever developed. In 1872 Livingston Stone established the first West Coast salmon hatchery near the confluence of the McCloud and Pit rivers. The facility, which grew to resemble a small town, was called Baird in honor of the first commissioner of fishing. Seven years later, a trout hatchery was established at Greens Creek farther up the river. Rainbow trout from this hatchery were transplanted all over the world and most strains of Rainbows are descendants of the McCloud River trout."

The first day was spent on the McCloud river exploring the Lower, Middle and Upper falls.

Along the river


USAkilts Casual in MacMillan Black in PV with Father Knot bag type sporran by Donnie at Wyvern Leatherworks


Lower falls


Middle falls with friend


Admiring Middle falls


Admiring the Middle falls even more
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Upper falls


More in a few!