We’re here in Quincy living and working at Pioneer RV Park, a comfortable and pretty 65 space park with large, roomy sites, tall pines and immaculate facilities. We enjoy our outside work which consists of raking, sweeping, weeding, planting and grooming flowers to maintain this park’s beauty and cleanliness. Thank you to resident owner/managers John and Sandi Johnson; we appreciate this opportunity. And we’re very fortunate, once again, to meet more great people.
Quincy is a cute, historic, pioneer town of about 6,000 built during the establishment of Plumas County in 1854. As with many of the old settlements, fire destroyed a lot of the town’s original buildings, but through preservation and restoration, much remains to remind us of the area’s historic past. Quincy sits at 3400 feet nestled in the Feather River canyon and is surrounded by the thick, green forests and pine covered mountains of the Plumas National Forest. The Feather River Scenic Byway is the east/west route along highways 70/89, starting at Lake Oroville and ending at Highway 395, with Quincy about midway between. Along this scenic drive you’ll experience bridges and tunnels, railways and trestles, and of course, the beautiful Feather River. Logging and railroads were a big part of this area’s history, and still remain. Log trucks continue to travel the highways and local streets, and one of the west’s largest timber mills is located right here in Quincy behind the park we now call home. In fact, the smell of milled wood is quite nice…so earthy and natural; very pleasant. I’m thinking back to our stay in Washington and the frequent smell of cow crap from all the feed lots…..what a contrast! The "Quincy Area" album contains images of the RV park, the historic downtown, sites along the Feather River route, us in our "railroad attire" at the railroad museum in Portola, cool rock formations near Frenchman Lake, pretty Lake Davis and beyond.
Just a couple of minutes west of downtown Quincy is the tiny resort town of Keddie. Railroad buffs appreciate the engineering marvel here called ‘The Keddie Wye’, a set of railroad tracks that emerge from a tunnel and split to form a ‘Y’. It’s the only trestle of its kind in the world. Photographers wait patiently above for a passing train to complete the picture. However, I wasn’t patient enough to get one in my shot. While I was doing research for this post, I ran across another interesting but disturbing tidbit about Keddie. This sleepy little spot in the woods was the site of a grisly quadruple murder back in 1981. Although most of the cabins and structures have fallen into disrepair, we saw a few folks still living here. However, the murder scene, Cabin 28, was demolished a few years ago due to reports of ghosts by the people who remain. The murders remain unsolved, but according to this YouTube clip from a couple of years ago, Quincy area residents have renewed hope with new DNA evidence. YouTube: Cabin 28; The Keddie Murders. Ok, enough of that scary stuff!
Our trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park was very cool! The road through the park winds through rolling hills covered by large conifer forests. We saw steam spewing from the earth, large volcanic boulders and rock formations. And a short hike from the main road took us to beautiful alpine lakes. Joe and I both contributed to the "Lassen Volcanic Park" album.
We also took a drive to Reno which is an hour and a half drive east. We made the obligatory Costco stop as well as stops at the RV parts stores. The highlight, however, was the buffet at the El Dorado. It was incredible. I haven’t been that uncomfortably full since a Thanksgiving I can remember many, many years ago. Neither of us could help ourselves.
The leaves are just starting to turn here in this beautiful mountain community and I hope to get back out there with the camera before we depart in a couple of weeks. If so, I’ll post a few more images. Thanks again for sharing our travels with us!