California by Can

June 30 to July 15, 2001

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Itinerary
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Susan and Ellen play in Kings Creek.
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Katherine also enjoys Kings Creek Meadow, while Amy naps in the open air.
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A thunderstorm over Lassen prompts a rock-star concert in the RV. Susan is rock star Crystal, Ellen is rock star Alice, and Amy hasn't chosen a rock star name yet.
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Katherine and Ellen bathe Amy in the RV. She also enjoyed outdoor baths, weather and insects permitting.
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Katherine and Amy hike the Devastated Area, left from the May 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak.
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Ellen and Susan climb a formerly hot rock, as in the B.F. Loomis photos of the 1915 eruption.
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Larry and Amy share a good hair day.
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Susan shows a fort she and Ellen constructed in the Manzanita Lake campground, featuring a welcome mat of staghorn lichen ( Letharia vulpina).
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Susan and Larry in the inflatable kayak on Manzanita Lake in Lassen. Other lakes paddled on this trip included Bass Lake, Summit Lake (also in Lassen), and Lake Siskiyou.
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Susan ponders how to avoid the mud while disembarking.
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Larry implements the mud-avoidance procedure.
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Meanwhile, Amy and Ellen relax in the RV.

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