Part Two: Lassen Volcanic National Park

For part two of our vacation, we drove to Northern California and spent some time in the mountains.  Our destination was Lassen Volcanic National Park.

The daytime weather was perfect the whole time.  Not a cloud in the sky and in the 70's.  But night time temperatures were freezing.  Literally.  We could see our breath in our tent in the morning.
Despite the freezing temperatures at night, camping was great!
Here's Levi supervising while dad sets up the tent.

Levi got to try his first roasted marshmallow!  In fact, an entire bag of jet-puffed marshmallows were consumed over the course of our trip.

 Levi always finds time to get into mischief.

 And he spent most of his time in camp making dirt race tracks.

When we weren't playing at camp, we were exploring the park.

It's no Yellowstone, but there is some geothermal activity in the park.  Here's a boiling mud pot in the Sulphur Works part of the park.

Here we are in front of (still frozen) Lake Helen with Lassen Peak in the background.

 We walked around Manzanita Lake, not far from our campground.

Here's how Levi likes to do trail exploration.  I guess we have a future mountain biker on our hands.  Unfortunately, most NP trails are closed to bikes!

And this is one of my favorite shots.

Gabe took a little hike on his own to get some shots of Lassen Peak in Reflection Lake at sunset.

They turned out great.  This is one I spent a little time editing this morning, but Gabe will probably want to play around with the shots some more.  Maybe he can replace this one with his favorite one later.

Stay tuned for the final installment of our vacation adventures!  Still to come: the Redwoods.