Road Trip: Part 3
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:39 pm
From the Painted Hills I headed south on Hiway 26 to Prineville then to Redmond and Hiway 97 south thru Bend and spent the night just north of La Pine at the La Pine State Park for $17 electric and water. One of the features there is "Big Tree"
The next morning I looked into Newberry Nat. Volcanic Monument which was just a short ways from the CG road. Had missed the road into the main lava lands just south of Bend but didn't want to turn back so went in here for a short ways and took this picture of Paulina Falls and the volcanic basalt rocks it cascades over.
Then on south to Crater Lake. Still lots of snow around and the one road that would have let me get a picture of the entire lake was not plowed. But it was a warm, sunny day.
And Wizard Island stood out in that beautiful blue lake.
The Clark's Nutcrackers were there begging for food from everyone and stealing tidbits from the chipmonks (which happened much to fast for me to get a picture).
From there I went on to Roseburg and the coast.
The next morning I looked into Newberry Nat. Volcanic Monument which was just a short ways from the CG road. Had missed the road into the main lava lands just south of Bend but didn't want to turn back so went in here for a short ways and took this picture of Paulina Falls and the volcanic basalt rocks it cascades over.
Then on south to Crater Lake. Still lots of snow around and the one road that would have let me get a picture of the entire lake was not plowed. But it was a warm, sunny day.
And Wizard Island stood out in that beautiful blue lake.
The Clark's Nutcrackers were there begging for food from everyone and stealing tidbits from the chipmonks (which happened much to fast for me to get a picture).
From there I went on to Roseburg and the coast.