Archives for August, 2009

Paulina Peak and Fort Rock

August 31st, 2009     Tags:, , ,

Here is the view South from Paulina Peak . Fort Rock, which is a Oregon State Park is in the distance, but hard to see.

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Paulina Lake from Paulina Peak

August 31st, 2009     Tags:, , ,

From Paulina Peak you great a great view of the surrounding country side. You can see everything from Mt Hood to Mt Shasta if the sky is clear enough. The day we went hiking, the clouds came in which obscured our views.

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Paulina Peak

August 30th, 2009     Tags:, , ,

You can either walk to the top of Paulina Peak or drive up along a gravel road. If you decide to walk it, here is one of the view you will see. The trail follows along this ridge until it reacts the peak which is past the highest rocks in this picture.

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Life in the obsidian flow

August 29th, 2009     Tags:, ,

There is very little life along the Big Obsidian Flow trail, so it was interesting to see this tree growing out of the rock.

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Big Obsidian Flow

August 29th, 2009     Tags:, ,

One of the hikes you can take in the Newberry Caldera is through the Big Obsidian Flow. Here is a view from the top of the hiking trail looking over the flow with Paulina lake in the background.

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Paulina Falls

August 28th, 2009     Tags:, , ,

As the water runs down off the Newberry Caldera from Paulina Lake, it goes over Paulina Falls a short distance away.

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Paulina Lake

August 27th, 2009     Tags:, ,

During July, we went with some friends to Newberry National Volcanic Monument near Bend Oregon. We stayed near Paulina lake at the Paulina Lake campground, which is in the Newberry Caldera. This is the view from the boat ramp at the campground of Paulina Lake.

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Salt Creek Falls from the Top

August 26th, 2009     Tags:, ,

Hear is another view of the falls taken from the top this time.

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Salt Creek Falls

August 26th, 2009     Tags:, ,

On the way home, we stopped by Salt Creek Falls, which is along highway 58 near Oakridge. Hear is the view from the trail that takes you to the bottom of the falls.

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Broken Top and Green Lake

August 25th, 2009     Tags:, ,

Another view of the end of the trail is of Broken Top which is East of Green Lake.

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Green Lake and South Sister.

August 25th, 2009     Tags:, ,

At the end of the trail, you get a great view of South Sister with the clear bluish-green Green Lake in the foreground.

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Green Lake from a distance

August 24th, 2009     Tags:, ,

Here you can see the approach to Green Lake with South Sister on the Left. Green Lake is locate right in between South Sister and Broken Top.

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Top of South Sister

August 24th, 2009     Tags:, ,

Near the top, the trail levels off and you start to get nice view of South Sister to the West and of Broken Top to the East.

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More of Fall Creek

August 23rd, 2009     Tags:, ,

As we get closer to Green Lake, our destination on this hike, we start hiking right next to the creek with glacial rock on the other side.

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Fall Creek Falls

August 22nd, 2009     Tags:, ,

Here is another view of fall creek with one of many waterfalls on the creek.

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Fall Creek

August 22nd, 2009     Tags:, ,

After Leaving Summer Lake, we needed over to the Cascade Highway to find a campsite. We spent two days in the Cascade Highway area. One of those days was spent hiking up fall creek to Green Lake. Here is one of the views you get of fall creek while hiking along it.

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Summer Lake Wildlife Area

August 21st, 2009     Tags:, ,

View is another nice view of Winter Ridge looking from the Summer Lake Wildlife Area.

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Purple Thistle

August 20th, 2009     Tags:, , ,

I found some nice looking thistles along the road along Summer lake.

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Winter Ridge

August 20th, 2009     Tags:, ,

The road along Summer Lake goes in between Summer Lake and Winter Ridge. Here is a nice view of Winter Ridge from the North side of Summer Lake.

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Summer Lake fields

August 19th, 2009     Tags:, ,

After leaving Paisley Oregon, we drove to and on the West side of Summer Lake. This is a view from the South of the lake.

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