Reflecting on September
Manzanita Lake @ Lassen Volcanic National Park (September 2017)
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Blue Basin Overlook Trail
Blue Basin Overlook Trail
We went to two units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument yesterday (Painted Hills Unit and Sheep Rock Unit). I already want to go back to do the unit we missed (Clarno Unit) and catch a few of the trails we didn’t have time for. We hiked 8 of the trails. Most were short (under a mile each) and flat. However, the Blue Basin Overlook Trail was over 3 miles and included 760 feet of elevation gain. That wouldn’t have been so bad if it was our first trail of the day, but it was our 7th. The views though… wow!
Toketee Falls
Toketee Falls
ABSU @ Metal Magic
ABSU @ 2017 Metal Magic (Fredericia, Denmark)
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Grundtvig’s Church
Grundtvigs Kirke (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Lassen’s Painted Dunes from Cinder Cone
On our way out of Lassen a couple weeks ago we decided to head to a different corner of the park to hike Cinder Cone. While Lassen’s more known areas weren’t crowded on a weekday in September, Butte Lake and Cinder Cone were pretty much deserted. The hike up Cinder Cone wasn’t that long, but the extreme winds and shifting, rocky surface made for an exhausting climb. However, the effort was well worth the views at the top.
The lake in this photo is Snag Lake with Ash Butte to the left of it. As the rays of sunlight moved from the lake to dance over the Painted Dunes the scene was truly spectacular.