Mt. Lassen

Today  was a big day. We began by waking up and getting ready for the mountains. It had rained the night before. It was dripping a little the next morning. It was not cold, just cool. I was very tired because of how late I was up. Well, today we drove up to Lassen Volcanic National Park. The Indians once believed that the whole Earth was consumed in water, but one day a mountain emerged  from the water spitting out sparks of fire drying up most of the water and then there was life. That mountain was Mt Lassen. It was not a long drive, but it took awhile. When up there we saw a boulder that was placed at the tip of this cliff by a glacier 80,000 years ago. The boulder froze in the ice then the glacier broke off and slowly slid down the Bumpass Hell overlook. It took 18,000 years then came to a stop at the end of the cliff. The glacier melted and the boulder was at peace. They call this boulder a glacial erratic because it is a different kind of rock than the rock it has been sitting on. If you look closely at the rocks near the bottom of the rock you will see lines leading up to the rock. This are the marks left by the glacier. Our next stop was at Sulphur Works. This is like a big mudpot. It is created by gas underground that heats the water in the mud and creates steam. In spring it is very muddy, because of the snow melting so it does not steam. But in the summer it is dry and muddy so it does steam. When there we learned that once there was a great volcano that towered above all the others. Then it just disappeared  but that volcano left great mountains behind. This volcano was called Break Away Mountain. We began to drive home. When home I went swimming and then took a shower. After Nana and I played a game of FARKEL. After we ate dinner, we had s'mores. Then we went to bed.

Our First Look at Mt Lassen

Manzanita Lake

Otter Swimming in Manzanita Lake

Mt Lassen from Helen Lake

Me with Glacial Erratic

Mud Pot at Sulphur Works