The Floor is LAVA!
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canyonwalkerOregon Cascades Travelog #12
McKenzie Pass, OR - Wed, 2 Jul 2025, 7:25pm
After hiking Proxy Falls, Lower and Upper, we thought we were done for the day. We were tired and hungry and both ready to be home. Or at least somewhere sitting down for dinner. In moments where we had signal as we climbed up toward the McKenzie Pass we refreshed our maps to get an ETA for getting back to Bend— or at least to Sisters— where we could find a decent restaurant. It looked like it would be about 8pm for Bend. Hawk tamped down on her usual feelings of carsickness as I hurried through the curves on the twisty mountain road toward home. But then as we crested the mountain pass a strange thing happened. The floor was LAVA. We had to stop and look.
Okay, so this video doesn't show us stopping. Trust me, we did stop to visit that observatory I called out in the video— yes, the one made from LAVA. I'll share photos in another blog entry.
In beauty I walk... even when I drive! 😂
Update: continued in next blog with pics at the observatory made of lava!
McKenzie Pass, OR - Wed, 2 Jul 2025, 7:25pm
After hiking Proxy Falls, Lower and Upper, we thought we were done for the day. We were tired and hungry and both ready to be home. Or at least somewhere sitting down for dinner. In moments where we had signal as we climbed up toward the McKenzie Pass we refreshed our maps to get an ETA for getting back to Bend— or at least to Sisters— where we could find a decent restaurant. It looked like it would be about 8pm for Bend. Hawk tamped down on her usual feelings of carsickness as I hurried through the curves on the twisty mountain road toward home. But then as we crested the mountain pass a strange thing happened. The floor was LAVA. We had to stop and look.
Okay, so this video doesn't show us stopping. Trust me, we did stop to visit that observatory I called out in the video— yes, the one made from LAVA. I'll share photos in another blog entry.
In beauty I walk... even when I drive! 😂
Update: continued in next blog with pics at the observatory made of lava!
