On August 21, 2002 Funhog placed the Mountain View Letterbox near the town
of Mt. Shasta, Shasta County, California. If you need to stretch your legs
while driving I-5, this is the perfect place to do it. The trail is only
ten minutes from the freeway but a world apart in terms of atmosphere. The
box may be inaccessible during the winter months. The view of the mountain
from the letterbox is filtered through the trees but all along the highway
you will be treated its breathtaking glory.

To the trailhead: from the stoplight at E. Lake and Mt. Shasta Blvd. in the
center of town, head uphill on E. Lake which will become the Everitt
Memorial Highway (A-10.) About five miles past the high school (Go Bears!)
you will come to the McBride Springs Campground. A quarter mile beyond this
point, at mile marker 4, park on the right side in a large turnout.

To the letterbox: Cross the road and head up the trail. Just when you can
no longer see the road over your shoulder you will come to a small clearing
with four tall Ponderosa pines and a stump. About 150 steps further up the
path veer left between two sawn logs. Cross a rocky stream bed (dry in
August.) Just before the trail makes a right turn you will meet a baby
cedar, a ponderous neighbor guarding its back and a row of stone-faced
nursemaids protecting its front. The largest of the nannies has a second
charge in its safekeeping: the letterbox.