{"id":80,"date":"2007-12-16T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T13:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcallahan.net\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2013-05-17T10:14:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T14:14:05","slug":"lassen-volcanic-national-park-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcallahan.net\/blog\/lassen-volcanic-national-park-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mcallahan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lassen_lake_helen.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[80]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-81\" alt=\"lassen_lake_helen\" src=\"http:\/\/mcallahan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lassen_lake_helen-300x216.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcallahan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lassen_lake_helen-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcallahan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lassen_lake_helen-624x450.jpg 624w, https:\/\/mcallahan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lassen_lake_helen.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Driving into\u00a0<b>Lassen Volcanic National Park<\/b>\u00a0in California, the first thing that struck me was the range of vivid, bright colors in the landscape all around me. 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