Lassen Volcanic National Park by Barbara Edwards

I hope you forgive me for jumping around. With the internet a strange and unusual unreliable, I’m hopping to today. I’ll jump back I promise.

Lassen Volcanic National Park is forty miles from the campground.

Across the valley floor
Across the valley floor

Not too far to drive, so here we go.

 

 

 

 

 

forest at four thousand feet
forest at four thousand feet

It gets colder as we travel the narrow winding road up over five thousand feet into the snow-clad forest. Aspen, Ponderosa Pine, and Redwoods crowd the road.

 

 

 

Lassen
Lassen

I’d say over four inches of snow fell last night.

 

 

 

 

 

Devastated area
Devastated area
Devastated area
Devastated area

The roads further in the park are closed, but we see the Devastated area.

 

 

 

 

 

A horrendous explosion on May 19, 1914 blew the side off the mountain. The damage is clear even a hundred years later.

volcanic rock field
volcanic rock field
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Author: Barbara Edwards

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