Up at the top. The twisty, narrow road brought us up to over 5200 ft altitude.

The observation point is made entirely of lava. The rocks you see are actually lava rocks from the volcanoes. All the mountains here are volcanoes.

The view down from the observatory.

Here's the Sisters.

This is only one of two waterfalls within a quarter mile. The Mackenzie River flows west of Sisters, OR. This waterfall is right off of Route 126. This is all snow melting and running down from the mountains.

This is further down from the falls.

This is the second falls at the end of the trail.

Yes Lady went with us. I think she's a bit worn out. But she'll be worse by the time we get back. It's uphill for a quarter mile of trail!

Here's our hosts for this stop. Bill and Robin Lewis. Long time customers and GREAT people.

Here's the THREE of us by the river.

A huge fire a few years ago wiped out about 90,000 acres of this forest. You can still see some dead trees.

Here's the fish hatchery outside Camp Sherman, OR. All the lakes around here are stocked from this hatchery. Debbie and Robin did their share feeding the fish.

Here's the minnows. Millions of them! Throw fish food in and it's a feeding frenzy.

Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a river. Blow up the picture and look just past the center of the picture to the right. There's a tad bit of water coming out of the rocks forming a small pool.

Turning around, this is what it looks like. This is how much it spreads in a matter of less than 100 ft. This river flows for about 8 miles and empties into a lake. That's Mt. Jefferson in the background. There are actually 7 mountains near Sisters.