Lassen Volcanic National Park - Day 1

We left Oroville for our first trek to a National Park in DuEtte. We never like to take the easy route, so we ended up traveling through a lot of forest land and witnessed a lot of fire damage from previous years. It is reassuring to see the new growth between the ashen trees. We arrived at Lassen Volcanic National Park and we were educated on the creation of this area at the visitor’s center. This is one of the few areas in the world that have all four types of volcanoes - who knew there were four types of volcanoes? Just to refresh your memory, they are: Shield, Cone, Plug Dome, and Composite. Lassen Peak is a Cone volcano. Surprisingly, there is still quite a bit of snow and ice in the park, despite the near 80 degree weather. We ended up in a nice campsite at Manzanita Lake. Campfires are allowed and we cooked supper over the fire and had a pleasant evening.