Perhaps it is time to repeat a recommendation: if you take I-5 to Weed, then US-97 to K-Falls, you pass Cottonwood CA (exits 662 and 664.) Go east to Main St., then north to the Cottowood Stockyard and
Vic's Branding Iron. The best cause to stop there is breakfast: they serve very good air cured ham and bacon from a local market. When they are barbequing, they produce great stuff. Beyond the dead pig and BBQ, the rest of the menu runs from good to very good.