We’re on a short road trip to see four plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (King Hedley II, Yellow Face, Henry IV Part One, and Smote This!). We saw a preview of Henry VI Part One in June and enjoyed it so much we wanted to see it again; the other plays hadn’t started during our previous visit.
We’re also trying a new (to us) hotel and chain, the Comfort Suites in Redding. It’s substantially less expensive than our usual haunt, the TownePlace Suites by Marriott, and so far, it’s been fine.
The drive up was amazingly smooth – there was only one spot where we hit stop-and-go traffic, on 680 right after the Benecia Bridge. Traffic was backed up for several minutes before we reached a sign claiming that the right lane was “closed ahead” – but the blockage cleared as soon as we passed the sign, and the right lane was never closed. Go figure.
We were unadventurous in our dining choices today, visiting two of our perennial favorites, the Clay Oven in Vacaville for lunch and Final Draft Brewing in downtown Redding for dinner. I wanted something sweet after dinner, so we walked from our hotel to the 32 Below ice cream parlour (the ice cream was quite sweet). On the way back, I noticed that there was a nice crescent moon, and I was curious how my new camera would handle it.
I’m pretty happy with the result (Lightroom’s AI-assisted denoise helped) – you can see the craters along the terminator. Not bad for a handheld photo!
