Lassen Summit
Look, kids, another volcano.
This one’s still alive; it last went off in 1917, and the park map is full of notations like “Devastated Area,? “Chaos crags,? “Vulcans castle,? “Danger: poison gas? and “Mordor.? Okay, not that last one.

Look, kids, another volcano.
This one’s still alive; it last went off in 1917, and the park map is full of notations like “Devastated Area,? “Chaos crags,? “Vulcans castle,? “Danger: poison gas? and “Mordor.? Okay, not that last one.

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