Cross-Country Ski to Sulphur Works: The Green Circle Trail I Always Dreamed Of
On the second day of our trip to Lassen, Curtis and I decided to ditch the windy, wet Manzanita Lake entrance and head south. The Northern California Snowshoe Routes book hadn’t really mentioned anything about this, but I had read online that you could cross country ski up the road to Sulphur Works – which sounded cool. The drive to the southern entrance to Lassen is beautiful, and it wasn’t raining! I…
Not quite Winter Camping: Manzanita Lake and Chaos Crags
Now that both Curtis and I work for branches of the government we share some of the same odd holidays. I am talking about the type of holidays that I tend to completely forget about until looking at the currents month calendar. For example Presidents Day, most notable in my mind for furniture store super-sales, is a real holiday for both of us. Score! As fate would have it, I had…
When Underwater Bridges Emerge: Old Parrotts Ferry Rd
It is raining tonight in the foothills… as it should be in March! Hopefully soon the Sierra snowpack will grow a bit, the reservoir levels will raise, and perhaps the groundwater will be replenished (if only a little bit). I am happy for the rain, but it also means that the place I chose for today’s blog post – the old Parrots Ferry bridge – might be once again become submerged…
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