Lassen Volcanic National Park was expecting warm weather Oct 28-29 and the snow from the storm last weekend had mostly disappeared, so I made hotel reservations on October 27. The kids and I picked up Dave from work and we headed out.
We spent the night in Red Bluff and enjoyed the indoor pool at the Holiday Inn both Friday night and Saturday morning. Our arrival at the park was a refreshing change from Yosemite--only two cars were in front of us at the entrance booth instead of a huge line.
Our first stop was the Loomis Museum/Visitor Center at the northern entrance to the park. Laura was excited to begin working on her next Junior Ranger patch. We ate lunch on the shore of Manzanita Lake.
Next, we left the park to see the Subway Cave lava tube in the Lassen National Forest.
We spent the rest of the day exploring the park.
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| Devastated Area Interpretive Trail |
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| One of the many huge rocks on the Devastated Trail |
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| Some rocks in this area are 27,000 years old and some are only 100. |
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| The parking lot for the Lassen Peak trail had a little snow. |
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| View of Emerald Lake |
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| The view from the Bumpass Hell trailhead. We started the trail, but since it was getting late, we did not make it to the end. |
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| In spite of the boiling water, mud pot and steam at Sulfur Works, the sun was setting and the air was getting chilly.. |
We arrived at our cabin at Mill Creek Resort just as it was getting dark.
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| We found a geocache on our way back to the park in the morning.. |
The next morning we explored the visitor center and Laura finished her Junior Ranger badge.
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| Being sworn in as a junior ranger. |
Before heading home, we hiked to Cold Boiling Lake.
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| Picture with the park sign just before heading home. |
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