Lassen Volcanic National Park

“I don’t want to boast, but I think my howl is pretty good,” Hunnicutt said by phone while heading to the town of Burney, north of Lassen Volcanic National Park.

A county known mostly for Lassen Volcanic National Park and views of the snow-capped peak of Mount Shasta abruptly got rid of its ballot-counting machines last year.

Over Labor Day weekend, I visited for the first time Lassen Volcanic National Park, a gem in the mountains in northeastern California.

This mostly rural district covers a huge swath of the state — stretching from the southern tip of Lassen Volcanic National Park to Death Valley, and from the Nevada border to the Eastern Sierra.

To the north, roads remained closed at Lassen Volcanic National Park “due to expected snow accumulation,” but the park’s main entrances was open, officials said in a statement.