May 2017
We’ve been through
Central Oregon several times and as much as I love seeing Crater Lake National
Park we decided to take the coast route this time. There’s a Coast to Coast RV
Park on the way to the coast called Cascade Meadow. It’s a nice little park and
since it was early May, not too crowded. From there we visited Lava Lands
National Monument. I had no idea Oregon was so filled with volcanic activity.
We had a really nice
picnic at one of the many lakes in the area. The weather was mild and sunny and
the dogs had a great time barking at the birds. The next day we toured Lava
Lands and drove up Lava Butte! They only allow 10 cars at a time up the hill so
we had to get a reservation to go up. Luckily being early May that wasn’t a
problem. The top of the Butte looks down into a small caldera. After Lava Lands
we drove to a slightly higher altitude and was met with a 40 foot wall of snow!
They had record amounts of snow and a lot of things that would normally be open
that time of year were still snowbound! But no problem. When we ran out of
things to see in nature we got the puppies all bedded down and drove into town
to enjoy The Guardians of the Galaxy in IMAX 3D! That was pretty cool too!
The skies were so blue!
And so was the water!
The lookout tower on the top of Lava Butte!
Have I mentioned that dead trees fascinate me?
The caldera at the top of the Butte!
Going a little higher!
That is A LOT of snow!
Guardians of the Galaxy was awesome!
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