Lassen Volcanic National Park

We left the California coast heading for Lassen Volcanic National Park. It was s long trip, over 250 miles.  In RV time that is at least 7 hours.  We arrived at our campground after the office had closed. The campground was closed when we arrived. It was creepy, eerie sort of Friday the 13th feeling. Most of the sites were empty. The wildfires were in the area.  Many campers had canceled. We found out later that the campgrounds had been evacuated about 3 days prior. It worked out well for us. We had s lot more space than normal. We had planned on leaving Ripley at the trailer but as a precaution we took him with us to the park. We were not able to hike far from the car but Lassen was still beautiful.

on the way to Lassen Volcanic Volcanic National Park

river the rode follows to Lassen Volcanic National Park

deserted Rancheria RV Park

enjoying "our" lake

this was a really nice park with only 15 spots taken the first day we were there

he has this posed mastered

Mazanita Lake

so many rocks in this area

Lake Helen with Lassen Peak in the background

amazing how these rocks landed

the main road through LVNP

Emerald Lake

 

taking a siesta at Summit Lake

the south end of Summit Lake

the peak of Lassen Peak

Lake Helen so pretty

 climbing to the top of Lassen Peak

Emerald Lake wonder why they named it that

Lake Helen a few feet to the right

the campground office after closing time