our first stop was mt shasta city, which lies at the base of mt shasta in california. the town is filled with nice people, one of whom told us to venture down to the city park to drink some 'live' water out of the lava tubes.
we're not ones to pass up free water, so off we trotted. we had to wait in line to fill a bottle, as i think most town people get there drinking water from the city park. let me tell you, this water was alive!
andrea dipping her hands into the sweet, sweet nectar of the sacramento river headwaters.after mt shasta, we headed down the road to lassen volcanic national park. lassen peak was the first volcanic eruption witnessed by man in the 'lower 48.' it's regrowth over the past one hundred years gives hope to the mt st helens area.
lassen peak.
lassen has a very interesting landscape. certain spots look like the moon with evergreen trees.
with the sudden temperature drop and snow, we only day-hiked one trail, bumpass hell. bumpass hell is not joke, just read the warning sign.
bumpass hell has a desolated beauty that we've never seen anywhere before.
matching down puffies are a must! :)
a mudpot with pyrite [fool's gold] .
on the hike out it really started snowing.while sitting around a campsite in mid-twenty degree weather sounds appetizing somedays, today wasn't one of those. we thought we'd head to lake tahoe to try to warm up.
as we loss elevation, we found fall.stay tuned for reports...
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Welcome back! Your faithful readers are still here! Nice jackets, by the way!
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