Day 0, June 1, travel logistics
The day began at Len’s place in Lafayette. I grew up in the area from time before memory until the ninth grade when my family returned to Berkeley, my birthplace. We picked up Toby in El Dorado Hills where I lived for 2 years while finishing pathology training at UC Davis. Then on to Reno. We met Joe and Pat for dinner that evening at the Washoe Grill.
An arrowhead display in the Washoe Grill, assembled by a UNR historian, tells the story of the last 10,000 years in the Washoe Valley. The apparent disappearance of man and wildlife in the Washoe Valley for a considerable period of time is ascribed to a massive eruption of Mount Mazama about 6850 years ago (one of the largest eruptions of the last 10,000 years). What is now Crater Lake, is the remnant of the Mount Mazama caldera. Mazama was reduced in height from about 12,000 feet to about 8200 feet as we see it today. Reviewing what is known of the distribution of ash from the eruption indicates that it did not reach as far south as the Washoe Valley. Time to go back to the Washoe Grill and give the display further study.
Photos for the entire trip are posted in the Picasa Web Album (link on Blog home page upper right).
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