with Jim and Gayle

July, 2008

We visited Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California.  We hiked into "Bumpass Hell", a land of billowing and roaring fumaroles, big bubbling mudpots, boiling water, and the smell of hydrogen sulfide (rotten eggs) in the air.

We were often quite close to the wildfires in California.

When we encountered a mother deer with her fawn, the fawn lay down in the woods while the mother went on.

We hiked into a lot of the lava tubes in Lava Beds National Monument (note the spiffy yellow hardhat that Jim's wearing).

In Junction City, we bought new tires for the motorhome.

The hillsides in John Day Fossil Beds made for a colorful drive.

We spent about a week cleaning up our Desert Aire lot.