This shot looks like much of the area in and around the Sutter Buttes. Lava rock walls every place. Erected by Chinese laborers..they say. This shot is nicely backed up by the tree line. I've done the north to south up-and-over Lassen drive and understand exactly what you faced at the top. It is a series of white knuckle drop off curves without guard rails. Kinda' hairy.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just an ordinary shot. But posted as a follow up to the last. > > A friend told me that driving up and down Lassen was not scary. But > when I > got to the top and was about to drive down it (luckily there was a > lookout at > the peak), I discovered the trees (pines) had totally disappeared. I > would > have been driving down the OUTSIDE of the mountain, all bare rock, > windy road, > narrow, very steep drop off. It was supremely scary TO ME, so I > turned around > and went back down the way I had come. > > I decided to go UP the other side. But instead of going back to the > freeway, > about a 40 minute trip, I drove a back road to the other side.Lots > of back > roads, tiny towns (2-3 stores), and no obvious way to connect to the > road that > went to the mountain (there was one on the map). I got lost for an > hour and > a half. Got further and further away from the mountain. Finally I > gave up, > and luckily I was able to retrace my steps and find the road to the > freeway. So > I never saw the lava beds or the other side of the mountain. :-( > > Made me wish for GPS. > > On this side of the mountain were fields and fields strewn with > rocks. > Obviously lava-type rocks that had been spewed through the air when > Lassen erupted > in the 1900's. > > You can barely see Mt. Lassen in the background. I just thought the > geology > was mildly interesting. > > My most embarrassing travel story to date though. > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/lassen2.htm > > Comments okay, but not necessary. However, no snickering please. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) Scaredy cat. > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
