It was sad to leave my little clearing in the forest and the friends I made, but it was time to hit the road.   I’ve been pretty busy since I left and I just realized I haven’t posted a thing in weeks.    Now that I’m on the road again, I’ll try to go back to weekly updates.    From Sonora I headed north to Redding for a week.   Man was it hot!!   I took a drive out to Lassen Volcanic National Park and hiked a trail called Bumpass Hell.   It went past some mud spots, or roaring fumaroles (steam and volcanic-gas vents), thumping mud pots, boiling pools, and steaming ground.   That’s something you don’t see every day!   The road that goes through the park was closed due to active fires in the area, so I didn’t get to see the whole thing, but I did see some interesting sights.   There was no guard rail, a narrow road and steep drop offs.   That morning I saw a video of two guys racing on Pikes Peak and they went over the ed...