July 29th through August 2nd: Last Days

July 29th, 30th, and 31st: Laporte, southwest of Quincy:

kayaking with my old friend Jeff, from my college days, and a neighbor

We went on a hike to Lookout Mountain, and came across a lot of snow on the way. This is a photo taken of the space where the snow melted above the trail

A friend of a neighbor of Jeff's, playing in the snow

view from Lookout Mountain

Boomer (on the left) took us out on his boat

Jeff trying to entice his dog, Shaina, to join him on the kayak. Shaina was not interested.

We finally got her on the kayak, but not for long

August 1st: leaving Jeff and Laporte:

Sunrise at Lake Almanor

I left Jeff's cabin at 3AM heading east to Quincy then north towards Mount Lassan National Park.

Mount Lassan National Park:

The road takes you over a 9300 foot pass (about 3000meters). there is still a lot of snow

Views from Highway 299 to the coast:

I decided to continue my theme of staying off the large freeways, so I took highway 299 west to the coast.

near the coast

Northern California coast

August 2nd: Oregon coast:

The lupines are for you, Christy

August 3rd:

sunrise on my deck at home

It was a great month. Thank you to all of you who have followed my journey.
My next travel blogging will be in April, 2012, when I lead my 8th grade class to Turkey.
See you then. Bye.