Standing at the toe of the Big Obsidian Flow in Ne

Dana stands above the benchmark on Paulina Peak (n

This one's a kind of oddball, a panorama of two photos that were clearly taken without the intent or forethou

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(Right click, and choose 'open link in new tab' for full-size gloriosity) The view north from Paulina Peak, o

Wisdom from Douglas Adams:“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

Looking east to the head and source of the Big Obs

Looking roughly southeast from the top of Paul

A final view out over the aa-aa lava flow at L

Dana overlooking the lower part of the lava gutter

...Daddy doesn't sleep at night. I'm not entir

(Click the pic for full-size. You know you want to.) Most cinder cones eruptions follow roughly the same stor

I would so love to see Obama respond to these inane "scandals" in this manner. J

Viewing the two lava balls in the left of

Sitting on the rim of the basalt flow here are thr

Reading the

The interpretive trail on the breach flow at Lava

The closest Jurassic rocks are likely 150 miles aw

Looking west from Lava Butte toward the Cascade cr

Looking roughly north-northeast from the top of Lava Butte, Pilot Butte in Bend stands out just below the hor

A panorama of three photos, taken at Otter Crest S

We had hoped to get a good view of the Cascade Crest from the summit parking lot at Marys Peak, but we've already had a month of summery weather with little rain. Additionally, the humidity was headed up; as a result, the haze was nearly as bad as during our visit last summer. I could make out Hood and, barely, Jefferson, b

Soda straws in Oregon Caves National Monument, ear

...and my 5th blogoversary (as of May 8th, when I'm writing this). We had hoped to get to Brookings or Crescent City last night, but we got to the Gold Beach area and were just wiped out. We found a really nice and inexpensive hotel there, lopping 35 miles and a large number of stops off of our day. We covered that ground t

Marys Peak peeks above a low-level morning cloud d

This week's posts will try to catch a few of the highlights of each day's travels, and will be posted (I hope daily) at the end of the day. I won't have time or energy to say much about them, but I'll be posting more than one.

It may not be immediately apparent, but there's

Yes, Sunday is May 5th, but I'm composing this on the Fourth, so bear with me. To all my beloved readers, "Live long and prosper." -Mal Reynolds

I realized yesterday that this would be post