Shasta Lake

I got a late start yesterday and decided to head up the central valley towards Mount Shasta rather than along the coast. I figured it'd be easier to find dispersed camping spots with all the national forests in the area and I was ready to see some mountains for a change. This is a view of Shasta Lake when driving down to the campsite (taken this morning).

I arrived near Shasta Lake pretty late, around 10:00 PM so it was dark but I was able to find my way to a free camping spot down at Mariners Point. It says it's a group campground but it's offseason now and no one else was down there. There were a few RVs across the water in a different area. Some of the spots weren't all that level but I found something that worked. The sites had picnic tables as well.

Not sure if the spots are available in season but there were a lot of pulloffs on the long windy road down to the area that you could probably easily get way with car camping at. Here's a view of the lake near the camp spot.

There were a bunch of butterflies around.

I have a phone interview shortly for a seasonal job out in the Tetons so we'll see how that goes. I may be heading to Wyoming instead of Washington if that works out. Tonight I'm planning to head north closer to Mount Shasta to find a spot to camp up there.