1. Lassen National Volcanic Park & Airport
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We spent the better part of today exploring Mount Lassen National Volcanic Park. Brendan is feeling much better. He had himself quite a large breakfast -- biscuts & gravy, eggs, toast, bacon, potatoes ...

2. Mineral
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Today was a big driving day. We're halfway back to Sacramento, staying off CA route 36 in the middle of nowhere just outside of Lassen Volcanic Park. Tomorrow we hike and otherwise explore the park before ...

3. Eureka Day 2
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Today we drove up even farther north to Redwood National Park. A friend of Brendan's brother's has recommended that we check out Fern Canyon. I'm glad we took his advice. The park is about 50 minutes north ...

4. Eureka Day 1
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Right after breakfast we packed up the car and headed even farther north. We stopped at a couple of beaches just north of Fort Bragg. At the first, there were plenty of rocky outcroppings for photos, ...

5. Mendocino
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It was pretty warm in Sonoma, about 90 degrees, when we left. We took a little side trip to the Petrified Forest and the Old Faithful of California. Talk about old-fashioned hokiness! The Petrified Forest ...

6. Sonoma
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We stopped at the park before we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. We've been lucky with the weather in San Francisco; it's been sunny every day. Whenever we've looked towards the bridge however, the clouds ...

7. California - Day 2
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We did Alcatraz today. Awesome tour. It may be one of the most cliche things to do in San Francisco, but I think it's a good thing to do. After that we had lunch at Pier 39 and walked around. Nothing too ...

8. First Full Day
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No problems or issues today. Everything went smooth checking out of the first hotel, getting to San Francisco, and checking into the hotel here. Lots of walking today. Chinatown, shopping, and doing 300 ...

9. one more thing
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The shower in this hotel is ridiculous. When standing there, the shower head is at nose level. When turning it on, the water hits at the neck -- and that's only when pointing the shower head straight out. ...

10. Beautiful Beginning
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OK, so Jess was going to write about this, but I've beaten her to it. She's in the shower, washing off the stink that is a day of travelling. The day started off well enough. We both went to work, our ...