Lassen Volcanic National Park

Mike and I drove to Lassen Volcanic National Park. It is a volcano in northern California that last erupted in 1914. There are still active geothermal areas in the park, which were similar to some of the features we saw in Yellowstone. We hiked out to an area called Bumpass Hell. Nice, huh? At one point, the explorer who found the area, Mr. Bumpass, was showing some people around and fell through an area of thin crust. His leg fell into a scalding mud pot and eventually he lost his leg. Yikes!

Anyway, many people climb to the summit of Lassen peak. It is a 5 mile round trip hike that gains 2000 feet elevation and takes 4-5 hours. If it was earlier in the day and we had warmer clothes on, I might have tried it. Lassen Peak in the background of the photo.

Today was the highest in elevation that we have been, I think. Mike said the second highest was in Yellowstone. We started out in Redding, CA where the elevation is around 100 feet (if memory serves from the population sign...somebody correct me if I'm wrong) and we ended up here...

Tomorrow we leave and head toward Lake Tahoe, NV. We will have to stop at a Camping World outside of Sacramento because our Even Brake has broken..again! This is the 3rd one! Anyway, we're not sure where we're staying yet so we'll have to figure it out in morning.