Leaving Lost Valley, Oregon, we drove through beautiful Willamette National Forest (“oh, we can ski near Lost Valley”). Our destination was more natural beauty, to two places I’d wanted to visit for some time – Crater Lake, Oregon, and Mt. Shasta, California.
Crater Lake was stunning. It was a meditation being with the deep blue colors of the lake. It was windy and chilly that day, and as we drove around the lake we ended up in cloud-covered peaks, at moments wondering where the edge of the road (and the shear cliffs) might be. The Pinnacles at Crater Lake is a fascinating area, with hollow tubes that are solidified remains of steam vents created from volcanic activity.
We drove that evening to Ashland, Oregon, home of new age authors Neal Donald Walsh and James Twyman. It is a charming small town with a 800 acre forested park and sweet hills. The food co-op tells of a cool community dedicated to sustainability. We had a short time here, enough for a morning walk after breakfast and a mid-day nap at the lake before heading to Mt Shasta, but we definitely want to check this town out more for potential living situation.
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| Lake in Ashland |
Mt. Shasta is seen 50-100 miles away, so we got to hang with the mountain from various vantage points. Arriving at 4 PM, we chose the Panther Meadows trail, a place of sacred ritual by the indigenous and new age visitors. This is truly a sacred mountain. Kule and I had special meditations here at the headwaters; I wrote about my experience connecting with Jason, and being with his flying eagle energy, in “Merging with Jason” at www.jasonmichellefoster.blogspot.com
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| Mt Shata Meditation at the headwaters |
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| Lassen Volcano |
En route to Truckee, CA to visit my brother Al’s family, we got a tour of the Shasta Lake dam and its osprey inhabitants, and drove through Lassen volcano national forest.
We are digging the west, and celebrating making it to the last west coast state in our journey across our nation, California!
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