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Mt.Lassen and Mt.Shasta : Aug, 2004

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We camped just outside Lassen Park and enjoyed sunset colors like this.
The next day we drove into Lassen Volcanic National Park and this tiny alpine lake with incredible wildflowers was one of the first things we saw.
Wildflowers.
Lassens Lake Helen.
Lassen scenery.
Our first short hike in Lassen was the Bumpass Hell Trail.
Deer just off the trail.
The destination of the Bumpass Hell Trail : Bumpass Hell, a thermal area of sulphur pools, boiling mud spouts and steaming vents.
View of Bumpass Hell landscape with elevated walkway.
Boiling mud.
Mud crater filled with boiling waters.
Sulphur stained terrain.
Steam vents.
Boiling mud hole (wish we had audio for this one).
Baby blue, glowing waters...
Emerald green waters in a small pool nearby.
We continued on the Bumpass Trail for a while to get a better feel for Lassen terrain.
Ashe looking down on Boilding Cold Lake not far up the trail from the thermal area.
More of those wonderful purple wildflowers that seemed to be everywhere in the Park.
Mt.Lassen over small lake.
The Middle Lakes Trail took us through manzanita filled meadows -- amazing and my Dad would have been in heaven.
We passed this interesting pond on our way to the Middle Lakes with a rockslide at one end and fallen logs filling the rest of it.
Lassen scenery.
Mt.Lassen over Manzanita Lake.
A closer view of Mt.Lassen over Manzanita Lake.
That evening we decided to take the long, windy and pothhole-filled road up to the top of Mt.Burney. The 15 mile drive took us more than 1.5 hours but the views at the end were well, well worth it.
Wildflowers near the top of Mt.Burney.
Mt.Lassen as seen from the top of Mt.Burney.
Ashe and our poor little car at the end of a tough drive. The Mt.Burney fire lookout station can be seen up above.
Ashe enjoying the amazing sunset from up high on Mt.Burney.
Maciej on top of Mt.Burney.
Mt.Shasta under sunset skies from the top of Mt.Burney.
Sunset colors on clouds above.
Impressive sky at sunset.
Sunset skies.
Final glimpse of the setting sun.
Ashe with those unreal reds in the sky.
It may look the same as the sunset but this ones of the sunrise (we camped on top of Mt.Burney that night so we had a double feature).
Sunrise from Mt.Burney.
Our camping spot on top of Mt.Burney -- one of our best campsites ever.
Burney Falls, one of northern Californias surprise highlights.
Endless cascades fall through porous volcanic rocks.
Rainbow by the Falls.
Ashe by Burney Falls.
Burney Falls with their emerald pool.
Middle Falls, another treasure in Californias north. This one we had to hike out to and there were far fewer people than at Burney Falls. I loved it!
A closer view of Middle Falls.
Middle Falls cascades.
Once again, I couldnt resist -- I made the swim for the Falls in the iciest waters Ive ever swam in.
Maciej under the Falls -- can you see him?
Medicine Lake, a sacred Native American site.
Skies over Medicine Lake.
Mt. Shasta from Castle Lake Road.
This photo doesnt capture it, but that mountain right by Mt.Shasta has a very interesting and geometrically flawless shape in addition to the fact that closer up it just looks like a pile of black stones.
Mt.Shasta at sunset.
Amazing clouds over Mt.Shasta at sunset.
Maciej and Ashe at the foot of Burney Falls.
Ashe setting up the tent near Castle Lake.
Castle Lake the next morning.
Mt.Shasta from Bunny Flat, the traditional starting point for the summit hike.
Wildflowers in Shastas Panther Meadows.
Mt.Shasta from up high on Grey Butte.
Ashe on top of Grey Butte with Mt.Shasta beyond.
The most odd weeds weve ever seen.
Panther Meadows -- wildflowers as far as the eye can see.
Mt.Shasta from Highway 5 and were on our way back to San Francisco.
View of the ridgeline at Castle Crags State Park.
Sunset red from our campsite in the Trinity Alps wilderness.

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