Paulina Falls @ Newberry Crater

Paulina Falls
Just below Paulina Lake, a dramatic 80 ft waterfall spills over volcanic cliffs into a canyon and is a short walk from the parking lot, Paulina Creek is the only surface outlet from Paulina Lake and has qualified for federal designation as a wild and scenic river.




There is a trail that you can take to see the falls at the bottom, which we didn't take as it was narrow and too long for me at the time after climbing up to the Obsidian Flow so opted not to do it. But it looks like a nice trail for hiking.
Here is Princess enjoying the trail she just has so much fun when we do this.
Here she is on the picnic table waiting for lunch to be served and a touch of tea for her dry throat, she loves tea. No i don't let her have much.
This i thought was an interesting rocks just above the falls.
Looking at the stream that leads to the falls, you can walk around to the other side of the falls and get a different look, but we were too tired to walk any further.

Big Obsidian Flow

Today we decided to take a drive to Newberry Caldera Area and take a hike up the Big Obsidian Flow, Boy was I out of shape on that hike to start off with, should of done some walking before hand. Be sure if you go walk and stretch before climbing up there. But what a view you will have once you get there.

Located about a mile south of the trailhead, over 170 million cubic yards of obsidian and pumice erupted from a vent of Newberry Volcano only about 1,300 years ago, making this flow one of the youngest geologic events in Oregon. Native Americans used the obsidian glass for trade and to create tools. "Collecting of Obsidian is Prohibited".

Here are the stairs that you will have to climb to get to the top and continue on. Oh and wear something better than thongs as i had a bit of a problem in a few little areas lots of rocks on the walk way.I had forgotten that, I thought it was all clear.We had to carry Princess up and down these stairs , although we weren't the only ones having to carry our fur kids, ours was just smaller. Here is some of the obsidian rocks up close, click on photos for a much better view
Here is a view of a stream that had a lot of algae in it. But a nice view
Enlarge and you may be able to read some of this.


Here is Princess enjoying the stroll along the path and smelling all the new scents.
Another great site to see if you enlarge

Yes they have benches along the trail so you can rest and enjoy the scenery



A lonely tree growing in all of that Obsidian, Here is Nevada and Princess taking a rest
And when you get to this point you can see Paulina Lake.My next post

Another lonely tree starting among the rocks.Makes you wonder what keeps it growing.

Culver Oregon

Here is a view of the 3 Sisters Mountains. The name was probably originally applied by members of the Methodist Mission in Salem in the early 1840's, and the individual peaks were given the names "Mount Faith", "Mount Hope", and "Mount Charity", beginning from the north.



Culver Oregon
A town of fewer than one thousand people. Nestled in a fertile valley with Haystack Reservoir and the Crooked River National Grasslands to the east, Lake Billy Chinook and the Cove Palisades State Park to the west, Juniper Butte to the south and Round Butte to the north, Culver is home to those who wish to make it theirs.

From the irrigation water dancing across the fields helping the crops to grow -- to the lake below where boats manufactured here are tested -- to the water, sparkling clear and pure from 0pal Springs nearby -- water is the key to the heart of Culver.

So Sunday we took a drive to Culver and Metolius to pick up my Pergo Flooring i bought for $95.00 Which did all of my living room and have enough left to do maybe the motor home living room. Another great find on Craig's list. I think i am addicted now with all the great things i have found.
Well anyway here is a few photos of driving thru Culver. Not much there but nice and clean.
We think this is Dill that they are growing there. Not for sure.

Then we came into the big town of Metolius
The community was named for the Metolius River, whose name derives from an Indian term, variously translated as "spawning salmon" and "white fish"