Majestic Mount Shasta welcomed us back to California after being gone almost four months.

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Sunset over the Delta was extremely pretty.

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This unique drawbridge spans the Sacramento River and is the entrance into the Delta region. Driving on the levees is an experience in and of itself. The water on one side is much higher than the land on the other side. This experience gives us a clearer picture of the problems they had in New Orleans.

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The late William Foster established this unique establishment in Rio Vista in 1931. It was designed to be a trophy haven for the public to view animals of the world many of which were Foster's trophies. It is one of the world's most remarkable collections of wild game trophies including the heads of more than 300 wild animals, birds and fish including elephant and giraffe heads. A stop here is well worth the time.

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Stopping at the town dock we got to talking to a young couple who were fishing. She kept getting little bites so I told her I was staying until she caught a fish. She accommodated me by bringing in this stripped bass.

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We decided to explore the levee roads a bit. We had verbal directions and a map of sorts but were a bit leery of getting lost in this maze. We did find the two ferries we were looking for as well as huge fields planted with grapes - I guess there is now going to be Delta wine! It seems grapes, corn and alfalfa are the most common crops here on the islands.

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Established in 1915, Locke is the only existing town in America built and inhabited almost exclusively by Chinese until recent years. During its heyday from the 1920's - 40's, it was an autonomous island of Chinese culture with a permanent population of about 600 and a seasonal farm labor population of an additional 1,000. There were restaurants, markets, dry goods stores, brothels, slaughterhouses, a flourmill, canneries, shipping wharves, an opera, speakeasies and gambling houses.

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Evidently this is a huge crawdad area. There were several people on our campground dock putting out pots - this was one man's catch.

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We were surprised at the lack of water birds on the waterways. We did however see these egrets that made a wonderful photo.

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Driving around we saw many marinas - some with huge, expensive boats and others with some well aged specimens. This area is definitely a haven for boaters, fishermen and from what we've been told ski-doos. We're glad we were here mid-week and off-season - it was nice and quiet on the water.

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