Lassen volcanic park, first two weeks of BSSM and another fire!
What a whirlwind this last 2 weeks have been for us! We have been forced to slow down for a day due to really poor air quality (more on this later) but up until now it has been a huge week for all. Monday was Labor day here, the last public holiday of the summer. We headed out to Lassen Volcanic National park for the day with our other Aussie friends! The photo above was from our walk around the lake at the entrance of the park, it was such an amazing walk and such a great view of Mt Lassen. This is an active volcano the last time it erupted was in 1915, it is more than 8000ft above sea level and most of the year it has snow on it! You can usually see this from Redding but because of the smoke around it has been a lot harder to spot! One of the other highlights of the park was seeing these Sulfur pools, they are seriously bubbling away and they stink like rotten eggs. They are unbelievably gross but amazing to see! The landscape here is...