http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , California , Lassen Volcanic National Park en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:08:38 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:08:38 +0000 Sorry it's been so long since an update. Things are getting really busy as the summer winds down. This will probably be my last entry just because the next two weeks I am going to have my mind on leaving and getting ready for school. I already had a dream I forgot to pack all the things in my night stand. Since my last entry I have successfully climbed Mount Lassen visited San Fransisco and turn http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-312664.html Well last weekend I finally did some sight seeing around this area. Although every week I write from the Lassen Volcanic National Park location I don't actually work there. I work for the forest service of Lassen National Forest. It's different but this site doesn't have Chester as a location option so I could request it but who has time for thatAnywho my roommate Shannon and I went on t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-303410.html Life has finally settled into a normal. I always think it's cool when that happens. You move somewhere or go back to school and it's hard to get in the swing of things and before you know it you have. Well I put in a picture of fire camp cause it looks really neat and I feel like it's almost overwhelming to see that many tents in one spot. The fires are becoming more and more a commonality to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-294522.html Well forest fires are abound here in Northern California. It feels like war time not that I would know how that actually feels but we have firefighters everywhere. They are eating lunch behind our barracks and in our lawn chairs not that I'm complaining... but it's just a whole different atmosphere to see people just lying around waiting to be told where to go and what to do.Ok I know it's Tues http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-291346.html My days off here are Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I aim to update on Wednesdays so I will start that regularity today. I don't have much to report as I have only worked one day but I have some pictures of the good old outdoors to share. Last weekend I had free to get acclimated and essentially bore myself to death. Everyone I live with was out of town and I barely saw a person around the barrack http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-289011.html 3rd day since I've landed in California. Gosh where do I startWell I live with the archaeologists currently but there was talk of moving me so I get my own room. I currently share a room with a girl from Ohio go figure. Ohioans are everywhere I look I swear. But everyone has been really nice. And the barracks aren't that bad either. It's like a little house with 3 rooms 2 baths living room a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-287350.html Panoramic picture above is frozen Lake Helen in Lassen Volcanic National ParkAnother spontaneous trip Shasta and vicinity. Shreya and I planned a weekend trip to Northern California while returning home from office on Friday evening. We drove to Sacramento and stayed the night at my cousinrsquos place and started heading further north to Lassen Volcanic National Park.Lassen Volcanic National http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-286026.html Lassen NP is at a high altitude and is one of the coldest places in CA. It was sunny and 36 degrees this morning. The Visitorrsquos Center is only open Friday Saturday and Sunday during this time of the season. We were happy it was Friday We got an interpretive guide and started our tour through the park.Lassen Volcano erupted in 1914 and had outbursts over the next 7 years. It acted simi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-282020.html Lassen National Park. The name's not very familiar is it It wasn't to me either. A park isolated by spectacular surroundings in Northern California where the Sierra Nevada end and the Cascades begin Lassen is about halfway between Lake Tahoe and Mt. Shasta. My impressions of the park before I visited were a bit unimpressive. But within 5 minutes of passing through the Park Service gate I k http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Lassen-Volcanic-National-Park/blog-203825.html