Today, we leave Lassen Volcano and travel to Redwoods National and State Parks. Before arriving in California, this was one of the parks I was most excited to see, a forest of 350 feet trees. In Star Wars, Return of the Jedi, Endor’s forest moon (with the Ewoks) was filmed in this area.
Today, we see more up close volcano shaped landscapes. First, we travel to an underground tunnel created by lava flow. As I have said, our boys love to climb in caves, but this cave is different. Nothing to climb, just a straight tube hollowed out by lava. It’s a short trail, but long enough to need flashlights and very interesting. This was a nice excursion on the way to today’s hike, Cinder Cone Trail.