Earlier in the year we 395 up to Reno. Stopped at Bishop and there was no rooms available. We ate at a bbq restaurant in Bishop and it was good. We drove on to Topaz and spent the night there. The Best Western in Topaz provided breakfast and it was good.
What a day, good ol 395. Been there done that. There is so much to see, without hiking at Lassen. Sorry you missed it. Also, to bad you didn't take in Burney Falls and the Subway Caves. If you wanted to see trains, go east toward Alturas. But you're to far North now. Better luck in the coming days. (We'll be in the same area you are now in two weeks.)
Mark, I was there in the 60s as a kid on the family vacation. The devastated area even back then didn’t look that devastated. And that was over 50 years ago. Lessen Is kind of a strange park, never really that popular and it pales in comparison to what Saint Helens national monument is. You should try going there if you get the chance, it’s pretty spectacular even 40 years after the eruption. Back ups on 395 due to an accident? Seems to happen every time I ever take a trip on that road.
Number 2 from me. Mt. Lassen is part of a chain of volcanoes that include Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Rainier. When these volcanoes erupt they go off like Mt. St. Helens did.
