Took the rig up past Lake Shasta area this weekend, just picking dirt roads that looked interesting on the map. Country out there is unreal this time of year, dry grass, clear water, not a soul around. Ate lunch parked on a ridge overlooking the lake on day two and honestly could have stayed a week.
But I want to flag something for anyone who runs solo in that part of the state. On day one I followed a little-used two track up a draw and came around a corner on a camp that clearly wasn't recreational. Irrigation lines stashed in the brush, that specific kind of arrangement you learn to recognize up there. I did a three point turn without getting out of the cab and found a diffrent way down. I've been running these mountains for a couple years now and that was the third time something like that's happened. It's good country but some of these trails lead places you do not want to be standing around, expecially alone and with no cell signal. These days if a road feels off I just turn around.