Lassen Volcanic National Park
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the drive to Lassen Volcanic National Park
... 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 ...
Day 26-27: Sat - Sun Aug 4-5, 1962: Lassen Park
... through it in 1962. We purchased 10.6 gallons of gas in Manzanita Lake right before reaching the entrance to Lassen Volcanic National Park. I remember Momma drove around the campground looking for the "perfect campsite" as we always did. We used ...
vulkanisiert
... , auf dessen Stein-Sand-Asche Untergrund man pro Schritt aufwaerts 2 wieder herunterrutscht, ist wirklich keine gute Idee:-) Aber unten lassen konnten wir sie ja nicht, wegen den Baeren. Trotz dem Effort, war der Ausflug ein voller Erfolg. Auch wenn wir ...
Made it to Lassen
... We are now back to the 'real world" and I am able to blog once more. Our first day in Lassen was amazing. I think I like this park better than Rocky Mts. It is absolutley beautiful! We arrived and took a drive through the park and then set ...
Day 2 Lassen
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 ...
Under The Lidless Eye
By late afternoon we were entering the Lassen Volcanic National Park or, as I came to think of it after seeing the bubbling sulphur pits and the freaky eye-like formation on the side of the main peak, "Mordor". After a winding drive through much ...
Day 6: Chaos Crags
... was quite alert at my approach, but not concerned enough to move her offspring. Reflection Lake, while small, offered stunning views of Lassen, but nothing compared with those from the south side of Manzanita Lake. Wow! [side note: as I write this I ...
Day 5: Change of Plans
... 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 discover ...
Like falling down a hill
... view AND watch my step. By the time we made the trailhead again, no one was even joking about the idea of trying to tackle Mt Lassen. We were all just luxuriating in the ability to sit still for a while. We drove back to the camp, with a ...
To Lassen Volcanic NP - Saturday and Sunday
... back through the park to a short trail that described the area of devastation caused by the 1914 and 1915 erruptions of Lassen Peak. Then on to the King Creek Campground area for a trailhead to Cold Boiling Lake and on to Bumpass ...
Peaking
After cresting many rises, expecting to see the summit just beyond each, I finally reached the peak. The rest of the party had opted to stop short, at two seperate places about 10 minutes up the trail, and wait to see if they felt up to tackling ...
Magic Mountain
Within minutes of launching myself up the trail, something didn't quite feel right. I may not be an incredible athlete, but I'm in moderately good shape - yet my heartrate was up and my breath wasn't nearly as even as it should be. Was it the ...
Day 3 Lassen
We started day three with a drive through the park to a Junior Ranger program. Ty and Amberly became junior rangers at Lassen. The program was about animals and their habitats. The kids loved it and Josh and I were a little impressed as well. Those ranges ...
Sundial Bridge
... lights in the walkway turned on. It also looked like a nice park and I'm sorry I didn't have time to see more of it. I left Redding and drove to Lassen Volcanic National Park. There aren't many rooms in the area so I stayed at a campground in the ...
Volcanos!!!
Ended the day by setting up camp in Lassen National Forest just before the sun dipped down. Despite the chilly temperatures we were awakened on several occasions throughout the night by a furby sounding creature outside our tent. Anyone know what kinds of ...
Lassen Volcanic National Park, day 1
... vents), thumping mud pots, boiling pools and steaming ground. While the features aren't as impressive as those at Yellowstone National Park I thought they were worth visiting. I was afraid that all the campsites might disappear since it's a Saturday ...
Breaking off a piece of the Mountain
... - boots and all. Jaime wasn't far behind and looking nearly as prepared. Jana had already asked some old hands at hiking Lassen Park and come up with a plan: she wanted to try to make the summit of Brokeoff Mountain in the morning, ...
Day 32 – 2-for-1 deal on Cascade mountain su
... " 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 was ...
Day 1-4: Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA
... going 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 ...
Lassen Volcanic National Park
The main road through this park had open only 2 weeks before we arrived. There were not many people in this park at all so it was easy to just stop on the road and take some ...
Day 7: Summit and Echo Lakes
... 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 ...
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