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Lassen and Lake Tahoe

This was our last day at Lassen, and we were headed towards Lake Tahoe. We drove down the park road, and passed through areas with lots of snow. They had an exceptionally long winter that year. Along the way we saw the Texas Christians on the side of the road taking samples or something.

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We went to the Sulphur Works area and saw boiling mud pots and steam vents. They had a large steam vent that smelled like hot, rotten eggs.

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Lassen has many areas of volcanic activity, including one called Bumpass Hell. The trail unfortunately was closed due to snow cover. According to the books, that was the trail that had the most volcanic activity on it. Maybe someday we can return and spend more time in this awesome park.

We drove to Truckee, a crossroads town near Lake Tahoe, and had some ok mexican food. It made me miss the local place we go to, Don Jose. I was wearing my 311 shirt that looks like a 7-11 sign, and this lady comes up to me and exclaims, “Oh My God!! What is 311? That’s my birthday!” I guess people are more excitable in the west.

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When we arrived at Lake Tahoe, we stopped by the lake to take in the view. Then we drove to the Olympic Village at Squaw Valley. We took a tram up to the top of the mountain, where it was very cold and windy. Theresa had told me to bring a sweatshirt but I refused, thinking it wouldn’t be so bad. So I froze my ass off.

We did get some beautiful views of the mountain and lake. I took some pictures (without snow) to compare with the snowy pictures I took there a year or so ago. We accidentally missed the next tram down and had to wait around another 20 minutes.

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We then drove to DL Bliss State Park, where we were staying that night. We drove down to a beach in the park to take in some sunset views, then headed to the campsite for dinner and sleep.

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This was the only night on the camping trip that we did not have wine.

The bathrooms were so good that they are worth mentioning. They were single bathrooms, some with showers and some with just sinks and toilets. Everything was very clean compared to camp bathrooms I had been to in the past.