Lassen Volcanic National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park was a late decision stop off, we had by-passed our first stop in Southern California since it was over 100 degrees down there and hoped that Northern CA would give us more reasonable temps.

Bill loved Lassen, there aren't that many people there and there is a wide range of terrain to hike through. Lassen Peak hwy gets up to 8500 feet and then you can get out and hike the last 2000 to get to the top of the peak. Unfortunately I had decided that I wanted to get home that day and there was no talking me down from my need to deliver kisses to the Funny Farm.

The dog was sending me telepathic messages that he desperately needed me to cuddle him on the couch and the baby cat was driving him crazy.

So Lassen will be another place we visit for back country hiking, it's beautiful and has strange volcanic remnants like vents, domes, and cool rock formations. There were also a lot of crystal clear blue mtn lakes that were tempting us and one larger lake (Manzanita) where several families had stopped to let their kids swim. Good times! We have to go back. The problem I have with National Parks is that they don't allow dogs, not even good dogs like Marshall, so we will have to pick our times for visits since the dog can't come. We bought an annual National Parks pass so we will be visiting Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier and Mt Hood and more this year and perhaps the Grand Canyon or Glacier Ntl Park before next season when the pass expires. Poor Marshall!