Bumpass Hell.
It sounds like a place to avoid like hell when you’re on vacation.
But Bumpass Hell, the top hydrothermal feature in Northern California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, is one of the “must-see” stops along the 30-mile-long main road through the park.
Unfortunately, those headed to Lassen this summer this summer literally won’t be able to “go to Hell.”
One of the great things about living (as I now do) in Eugene, Oregon are the nearby natural wonders: Mountains, lakes, rivers, streams, and the beaches and sand dunes at the shore of the Pacific Ocean.
During the past year I’ve had an opportunity to explore some of the scenic places with an hour or so by car from my home.
And the sweetest of these visually “sweet” destinations is in the Coast Range west of the Willamette Valley.
Once or twice a year, a glossy catalog with a posh trip by air lands in my mailbox.
The latest that caught my eye was about the National Geographic Expeditions new multi-day private jet excursion to Central and South America.
You’ll be gone for twenty-two days, departing from and returning to Miami, making these stops along the airborne circuit:
You can expect to be set down among spectacular scenery.
At each destination you will be put up in swank lodgings.
And you will be accompanied by experts in archeology, biology, and photography who will help you appreciate what you’ll see during the trip.