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Independence Day weekend trip to Northern California.
Part 3 of 4: Mount Shasta, Lake Shasta, Shasta Dam

  • Mount Shasta: 14,162 ft (4,322 m) of snow. The first destination of Monday's trip to the Siskiyou County region.
  • Climbing over snow and stones at Mt Shasta. Obviously, we didn't have the time and the equipment to go all the way, but we still went on a few hours' hike towards the top.
  • The marvellous view back towards Mount Shasta (the town)
  • Me trying to see what it's like to walk in snow. After all, the air was so warm, why wouldn't the ground be?
  • Drying and warming up my feet after walking in the snow. Mount Shasta in the background.
  • Michael and I trying to avoid the snow on our way down. (Notice the Swiss colors? Just kidding, pure coincidence ...)
  • The beautiful Mount Shasta one more time. As I walked down I felt like I wanted to stand at the top once in my life. Maybe some other time ...
  • Michael and I went for a swim in a shallow bay of Lake Shasta, the next destination a little South of where we had been.
  • Michael and I went for a swim in a shallow bay of Lake Shasta.
  • Still the same bay ...
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  • Another look at Mount Shasta while we were heading to the Shasta Dam. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Shasta Lake Shasta] is a reservoir held back by a huge dam that I absolutely had to see.
  • Mount Shasta in the back
  • Shasta dam, pretty impressive and you can actually walk on it.
  • Shasta Lake as seen from the dam.
  • Another impressive view from the top of the dam.
  • The Shasta trilogy: Shasta Dam, Lake Shasta, and Mount Shasta in the background. :-)