The other day brandon and i did two long hikes into the wilderness of lassen. It was perfect, the weather couldnt have been better, it was one of the most beautiful days ive ever seen. Lassen is one of my favorite places to go. It is an active volcanoe, so first we hiked to the top where you can look inside and see the boiling water and sulfurite lava-a must see! It's amazing how it works! Next we hiked down to the most beautiful remote waterfall, you hike about a mile in and the next few miles your hiking downhill with 6-7 waterfalls during your hike..and at the end..a massive bright waterfall!! Hiking is one of our favorite passtimes..but we cant go to lassen anymore because its packed with snow...
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so rebellious..i know!
You can see the sulfur flow in the background
this is the pit of the volcanoe!!
(the sign was for another area you can
walk all around down there don'tworry!)


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While we were hiking the volcanoe we saaw a black bear!!
we really were only a few feet away from her!!

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and we shared our picnic lunch with this squirrel!
(we named him chip)

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On our way to kings creek falls..everything's so colorful!


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the first waterfall...


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..and the last and most beautiful..

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One of my favorite pictures of us..
we passed some other hikers right next to the
fourth falls and she happened to be a photographer
and offered to take a picture for us! Isn't that awesome?

the coast..september's trip

recently we went to eureka for brandon's uncles wedding, which was beautiful.

we spent the duration of the weekend with brandons parents in a cabin in trinidad.

We had sooo much fun! The weather was perfect and the fresh air was exactly what

I needed. We hunted for agates ( or to brandon "treasures" ) and spent alot of time

relaxing on the beach, like I said it was exactly what all four us of needed. I can't wait

to go back there!

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our cabin in trinidad..

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we stayed in the emerald forest..

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Glass beach in fort bragg...

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Glass beach..he caught me off guard!

We took 101, the higway on cliffs above the ocean-it was

beautiful. It was the long way home but we traveled through

fort bragg, lots of old towns and hit hwy 20 to williams to say

hi to family.

clear lake..sunset...