Heading North

Now we have found cooler weather as we continue North in California and into Oregon.  The Redwood National Forest not only consists of trees, but includes beach areas.

Look closely...there are sea lions lying on the rocks

Fern Canyon

Fern Canyon

 

Trail continues

Redwoods are some of the tallest trees in the world

 

 

 

Our second month of this year's trip started in Oregon, and Crater Lake being the first destination.

One of the deepest lakes at 1900 ft


Filled only by rain and snow

Ghost Ship in Crater Lake. Really only rock from the volcano.

Cones of volcanic ash eroded by time.

 

Up the road from Crater Lake, close to Bend OR, is the Newberry Volcanic Monument. The is a very poplar receaction area where there are several fishing and boating lakes.



This view is from the top of a lava cone



Inside a Lava Tube. One mile tunnel where the lava cooled on the outside before it cooled inside.



Called the obsidian flow. Black Glass

 

The caldera in the background, a lava flow to the right, this volcano has two lakes formed inside it's crater.

 

 

In Sisters Oregon the annual outdoor quilt show just happen to be close to us to visit. Ten thousand people and 1300 quits.

 

 

Central Oregon is starting to get hot, so time to move back to the coast for cooler temperature. We arrived in Florence this week with highs in the 70s...Morning fog and some wind...better than 95 degrees.

 

This area of the Oregon coast has huge sand dunes while just up the coast several miles its back to the rocky cliffs. And of course lighthouses.

 

 

Heceta Head Lighthouse



Fog around the Lighthouse