Poor Lassen Volcanic National Park. It is probably the least known National Park in California. It was also the last park that we needed to visit in order to check off all of the National Parks in California. It is also the vacation blog post I have taken the longest to write. (I partially blame that on my shifting work schedule, but things seem to be settling down now).
During the drive from Crater Lake to Lassen, we stopped in the town of Bieber for a pit stop and lunch.
This was the bathroom situation…Bwahahaha.
The food situation was actually not bad. This BLT salad had a lot of bacon. And a lot of cheese, as you can see.
We checked into our Manzanita Lake campsite and quickly set up camp.
Then we headed to Manzanita Lake and decided to rent a kayak. I am pretty sure the kayaks were meant to hold 2-3 people, but the person in charge let us all go in one together.
In retrospect, I am not sure this was the best idea as the kayak felt quite tippy with four. I was getting a core workout trying to keep us centered.
I did not want to bring my camera, so I used my iphone. But then I was nervous about dropping my iphone in the water, so I would not consider this a relaxing time. Thankfully, we did not capsize!
We ended up buying paninis from the camper store for dinner.
Post-dinner s’mores.
We were thankful that the air was not as smokey as in Oregon, but there was still a haze. To be continued…