California Delta Is 738,000 Miles Of Fun

California Delta Is 738,000 Miles Of Fun It can be a little disturbing sometimes they are driving down the Central california interstate and come upon a good ocean-going freighter in Stockton of all places. Yet boats do call on Stockton -- and have for... More

California Delta Is 738,000 Miles Of Fun It can be a little disturbing sometimes they are driving down the Central california interstate and come upon a good ocean-going freighter in Stockton of all places. Yet boats do call on Stockton -- and have for decades - as they make their way to the state s inside through an elaborate set of waterways sometimes known as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or the Sacramento Delta, or just the California Delta. The point is it s a delta not unlike a specific item in the deep South and , in fact, there are some surprising contacts between Louisiana and the california Delta. Those who have visited Isleton for its well-known Crawdad festival can state to that. It s also eerily similar to the non-urban roads and towns close to New Orleans where levees keep the river from surging the countryside. In this case it isn t the Mississippi that you worry about but the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin streams that produces a water system carry Less