Bye Bye Big Boys OR Holy Moley, What's THAT?

We left Eureka and the land of Giant Redwoods yesterday to head toward Oregon via Mount Shasta.  We came over on California Highway 299.  It follows the Mad River out of the California Coastal Range and then on the other side follows the Trinity River.  It was really nice.  The road was MUCH nicer than I thought it might be.  They are doing a fair amount of work on it, so in a couple places we got held up for 10 minutes or so ... one time for 19 minutes.

As  you know if your keep up with our blog, I was a geology minor in college.  So, all things geologic fascinate me.  Mount Shasta (elevation 14179) is the southern Cascades and 2nd highest volcano in the Cascade Range (Mount Ranier in Washington at 14,411 feet is the biggest boy on the block).  It is an active volcano, though it hasn't erupted in recorded history - so it's called "potentially active."  I had to see it and get pictures.

Today we head for Crater Lake - an "Extinct" volcano in Southern Oregon.