After leaving Coeur d’Alene our next stop was Bend, OR. We visited Newbery National Volcanic Monument where our first stop was Lava Lands Visitor Center. Mike enjoyed climbing a hill of lava.
Next stop was Big Obsidian Flow. This is Oregon’s youngest lava flow (1,300 years old). Over 170 million cubic yards of obsidian and pumice erupted from a vent within the caldera of the volcano. We hiked the one-mile loop walking to and on some of the flow.
Our next stop was Paulina Falls which is a ‘twin’ falls that drops dramatically nearly 100 feet over volcanic cliffs.
We were only a few miles from LaPine, Oregon, which is where our friends, Karen and Dick (members of our Bakersfield Camping Club) moved earlier this summer. We gave them a call and they asked where we were. McDonald’s was the first place we got service on our cell phones. They had just been there picking up there dinner, so we got ours and brought it to their home. After eating, they gave us a tour of their home, their rv garage, their two car garage, their horse stable (with two miniatures in it), their new ducks and their new chicks in their coops. After spending a few hours visiting we headed back to the campground.
Thats A Lot Of Lava
Paulina Falls
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