Manzanita Lake Lassen Volcanic National Park

We headed east towards Redding into the Trinity National Forest driving along the Trinity River, which made for a beautiful, scenic and enjoyable ride.


When we arrived in Redding we stopped to fill up the cooler before heading into the wilderness of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Then on our way. We pulled into the parks north …

... one of the most massive migrations in history. Then I drove north the rest of the afternoon until I reached Lassen Volcanic National Park.  The park was such a place of contrasts with snow everywhere and steaming volcanic ...

... odd name for a town! We stayed on Route 89 the entire drive today which took us through the southwest entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park and through to the park's exit on the north end. We paid an entrance fee of $1.25. We were not in ...

We started our day with a nice hike to a cinder cone volcano. The day was beautiful!  Josh and Ty climbed half way up the volcano while  Amberly and I stayed back. It was a pretty steep hike!   After the hike we headed ...

... . There a nice ranger explained how to get on the Reflection Lake trail, the Lilly Pond trail (which branched off the first), the Manzanita Lake loop, and the Crags Lake trail. At that point, I became very excited to explore these areas. I started with ...

... FULL." I chatted briefly with a ranger about other options in the area, then quickly disregarded them as I headed south to Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park. This was to be my next stop anyway, so why not push it up a day? I was elated to ...

... and enjoyable ride. When we arrived in Redding we stopped to fill up the cooler before heading into the wilderness of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Then on our way. We pulled into the parks north entrance and to Manzanita campground. There were four ...

... " of Lake Tahoe at about 2:00 PM.  We still had about 4 hours of driving ahead of us in order to get to Lassen Volcanic National Park – and then longer still to get to our cabin for the night.  We made decent time on the road, Heather ...

... so knowledgeable. Someone even found an old Indian arrowhead...it was very cool.    We drove across the park  and Josh hiked to a lake that had geothermal activity...we stayed back as we heard there was a bear on the trail. Josh never saw ...

... to fit?"  It was sad to go.  We cried.  Then on our way, Amy cried some more. We arrived in Lassen Volcanic National Park and set up camp just before a quick hail storm.  We took a quick walk down to Butte Lake, then had canned ...

... I grabbed some dinner, chatted with Jeremiah a bit about our days, read from my book, and tucked into bed early.  I fell asleep planning my next trip to Lassen, hopefully in the fall when the snow is melted, so I can do some more of the higher ...