Saturday, September 19, 2015

Manzanita Lake - Lassen National Park

After hiking Brokeoff Mountain, Jeffery and I drove the winding road through Lassen Park, past the steaming Sulfur Works, Emerald Lake and Lake Helen, and around the Chaos Jumbles, to reach our little cabin at Manzanita Lake.  The weather was wet, the clouds and smoke low and obscuring, but we took walks anyway, and loved what we saw.

our little cabin, which had no electricity or water.  Bathrooms across the way, and battery lamps for light.  Luckily, it had a heater!

the clouds lift to expose what we thought was Lassen Peak.  It's actually Chaos Crags.  Lassen is to the right, in the clouds.

a large tree by the lake

a little deer.  we saw many deer in our travels.

there's our light.  we played rummy.  Jeffery beat me all hollow.

morning coffee and tea preparation

a beautiful morning at Manzanita Lake

looks like we might get a nice day!  Lassen is still obscured by clouds

built by Frank Loomis

Built by Frank and Estella Loomis and donated to the Park along with the Seismograph building


Frank and Estella's daughter





the seismograph Frank built, which is still operational, but is now for show.

The Loomis residence.

the lily pond

view of Chaos Crags across Reflection Lake

Finally, the details can be seen, at least a little

the Discovery Center, across from the Loomis Museum

seen in passing

1 comment:

  1. We've been there (to the museum and Discovery Center), but never to Manzanita Lake! Thanks for sharing your photos! Looks like a fun place to spend a weekend!

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