Lassen: Part III

Yep, we went to Lassen Again!

I love it there!

Bo's dad gave me a book called "Hiking Lassen"

and I started reading it during the end of my pregnancy.

Ever since then I've been dreaming about... well, Hiking Lassen!

My plan is to hike as many of the trails as I can.

I just find it all so interesting and I love getting out.

This last weekend was a fee free day, so you didn't have to pay

to get into the park. Thrifty me of course had to take advantage of this!

We stayed in Mineral and the Henry's camped with us Friday night.

We love the Henry's! They are so much fun and we are really glad

that we've become friends with them.

Brodie roasting his first marshmallow... that mom wouldn't let him eat.

"I'm supposed to do what? You want me to put it near that hot stuff?"

Lunch at Battle Creek


"Excuse me, why are you putting me in the freezing cold creek?"



April and her kids - they are so cute!
Braden (2 years old) kept call Bo "Boo"

"Hi, Boo!" "Where are you going Boo?"
"I wanna see what Boo is doing!"

Helen Lake - Doesn't that water look inviting?

Bo thought so!

Nevermind the fact that there

were still piles of snow around the lake.

We went on a 3-mile hike to Bumpass Hell

There were some steep parts with some cliffy edges

Bumpass Hell -And so the story goes:

Kendall Vanhook Bumpass was a cowboy

and worked in the Lassen area in the 1860s.

One day Bumpass stumbled upon the area and his leg

was badly scalded when it broke through a thin

crust above a mud pot.

He told his friends and townspeople about it, describing it as "hell."

A newspaper editor was interested in the story and

convinced Bumpass to take him to this place.

Unfortunately, Bumpass' leg broke through the crust again -

Which led to the amputation of his leg.

The end of the Bumpass Hell Trail

This was one beautiful "hell" if you ask me.

And as always, 3 is a magic number!