The L&T and I arrived back in Mt. Shasta Sunday evening, and while the long, boring drive merits few words, we did eyeball a couple forest fires burning near the lower end of the Upper Sacramento River.
The fire nearest the river was coming over the ridge to the west of I-5 near Lakehead; we could see the flames just topping the ridge.
Seconds later, we saw a twin-engine water bomber barreling down the canyon just a few hundred feet over the freeway (sadly, the camera was tucked away in my backpack).
It’s dramatic stuff on the Upper Sacramento (another fire burned a little farther up-canyon, but farther from the river), yet the only news report I could find is here.
Planning to fish the lower end of the Upper Sac this week? Check before you do.
See you at the fire, Tom Chandler.
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