Are you some kind of hypnotist?

Mt. Shasta cleared off a little, so I was able to take a photo.

This looks South directly into California. The small valley in the center of the photo is called the Colestin Valley. Most of it is in Oregon though the southern end does extend into California. Mt. Shasta is in this photo, just to the right of ridge line, but is mostly obscured by clouds.

My favorite photo I took, this is Mt. Shasta in the background with a rock outcropping on the top of Grizzly peak.

A panoramic view from the top of Grizzly Peak. In this photo you can see Mt. Shasta to the left. The bump in the mountain range about 1/3 the way into the photo on the left is Pilot Rock, and Mt. Ashland is visible on the extreme right. You can also see Emigrent Lake just to the left of the dead tree. The southern end of Ashland is also visible on the right side of the photo.

Mt. Shasta as viewed from near the top of Grizzly Peak, through the dead trees of the burn zone.

I decided to put my steady hand and digital zoom to work. This is a 4x regular zoom and then a 10x digital zoom. it's a little pixelated, and the color is a little funny, but over all I think it's not too bad a a picture.
You can really get a sense of just how big Shasta is in this shot.

A 4x zoom photo of Mt. Shasta. Taken from the same spot as the other photo. Again this shot is lightly Photoshopped.

I came around the corner and into another meadow. Spaced in-between the trees was a very nice view of Mt. Shasta, at a massively huge 14,161 ft. It is about 60 miles away from where I am.
I had to lightly Photoshop this photo to make the mountain stand out as the smoke was obscuring it in the original shot.