headed north again...

where it keeps getting colder

so that you have to enjoy the sun's last warming rays...

...or collect a good bunch of firewood




Robert from Santa Barbara showing us how to prepare "s'mores"
(Marshmallow heatet in campfire, and put between two crackers with chocolate in between
- so you'll want "some mores"...)

CRATER LAKE - America's deepest lake

"...you're my deepest blue..."

Wizard Island - a single island IN the crater



phantom ship


the pinnacles (old fumaroles)


hike to the Watchman





gold-mantled ground squirrel



snack in the clouds


or waiting for one...

welcome back to Oregon...

GOODBYE CALIFORNIA

LAVA BEDS National Monument

the early bird...

...catches the best light



4500 to 2000 years old petroglyphs


watching out for bald eagles

At Captain Jack's Stronghold in the Lava Beds

...the last Modoc Indians found shelter and resisted white soldiers...


...before living on Indian Reservations or being killed.

LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK

Boiling Springs Lake







that was the first day... still sunny

the next day:

breakfast at LAKE HELEN





then a hike at BUMPASS HELL


inmidst of snow and hail

things along the way...

Mono Lake, Ca




waiting for our car to get fixed in Bridgeport, Ca



BODIE - ghost town in the middle of nowhere





Lake Tahoe

Castle Vikingsholm...

...at Emerald Bay


having a picnic!


Reno
winning 5.25$...

...and losind them again