Puddle Jumping, Northern California

We chatted to a young barista in Tahoe Lake and she shared the term 'puddle jumping' that Australian friends had used for traveling from place to place.

So here we are, puddle jumping for a week through Northern California.

Our first puddle appropriately was a mudpot from the Lassen Volcanic National Park.

As we approached the color of the sulfur buildup rock is evident and then the smell hits you too. The mudpot was bubbling aggressively from the snow melt. So fascinating to be this close and to appreciate the energy of our planet.

Mudpot visible at the base of the sulphur buildup.

Sulphur gases coming off the mudpot

Huge mudpot of Lassen Volcanic National Park

The landscape of Lassen Volcanic National Park being shaped by the sulphur eruptions over the eons.

Sulphur plume!