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The trip was so pathetically planned. I do not know how many more times I am going to say this.Me & the significant other were debating on places to go. In fact, I was not sure if little S was up to this long drive & so many hikes. And so, I was hoping for a much closer place. Ganesh just wanted to strike off some waterfalls & hikes from his travel bibles. As always, he got his way. It is not that I am against waterfalls/drives or hikes. I just do not want to feel guilty about putting little S through whatever she had gone through. And like every other trip, he assured that we were going to take it easy. And I believed him, this time too.
Friday night was a battle between me & little S's sleep. I won the fight...fighting long, hard & late. Waking up early on Saturday morning was a dream. So, we left home by 7.45am. I remember us stopping at a rest area so that little S could get out, relax and play with some bubbles. We all had fun. The weather transitioned from warmer to hotter as we neared Redding. We had some quick change of plans & decided to check in to Cedar Lodge in Dunsmuir. We chose to visit Mossbrae falls hiking on train tracks. Ganesh wanted to see a train, & lo! there was a train, a long one. So long that I wanted it to end. Mossbrae falls is a 1.5 mile hike(er, walk) on a train track. Once you get tp that point, it is just there. Contrary to what people told us, we could see the falls from the tracks. A short hike took us down, very close to the falls. The Sun was yet to go down. So we waited. A little later, we met another Indian couple who bought Ganesh's offer to go visit another waterfalls, Shasta Springs, 0.3 miles farther. So, 0.3 miles right? No big deal! But it was crazier than I had imagined. It involved crossing a short bridge over Upper Sacramento river. The catch: The walkway was made of iron mesh(that wobbles at places) & I could see the river 100 ft below me(bah! I should have taken photos to prove it). Crossing the bridge without seeing down was a challenge(for me at least). I am a chicken, ain't I? I could not say NO, as we had company. So, I crossed it, somehow.
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