A week at Eagle Lake

The final week before arriving at Kerri’s parents property in Grass Valley, and what will start five to six weeks of staying put (mostly) between our respective family’s homes, was spent just a few hours north, at Eagle Lake near Susanville, CA. I admit that I was not expecting anything spectacular from Eagle Lake but I was surprised by the beauty each morning with the frost and fog. It reminded me a lot of some of the camping we did in Alaska near Valdez and Whittier. Kerri and I both agreed that it was nice to have some open space as well, since we have been tucked away in trees for many weeks now. In fact, the small campground was completely ours for the entire week. Not a single soul came by to camp with us, so the dogs had free reign to run around and we had some peace and quiet for our final week before pulling into the rat-race that is the Bay Area.

Our original idea was to stay only for the work week then drop into Lassen Volcanic National Park on the following weekend. But, in the final day, I noticed that the NPS had closed the road inside the park due to snow. While we could have dropped into the visitor’s center, we could not really get into the park to explore, and Lassen deserves a true exploration. So, instead we made the call to drive straight into Grass Valley – two days early – and get to work on all the projects we have lined up for our three week stay in GV.