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Paulina Creek where it runs down to McKay Falls and the McKay Crossing Campground is really pretty. We camped for two nights right next to the falls and loved our time there.
When the spring melt happens, this little creek must really roar.
Here is McKay Falls. We were camped just up the hill and to the right.
Heather reading her book next to our propane campfire.
Roasting marshmallows outside our tent at McKay Falls.
We tried going up Newberry Crater Road (NF-21) to go over the crater’s rim and onward toward China Hat but the snow started getting deeper as we went uphill so we decided to turn around since we were alone and I don’t have a Pul Pal or similar recovery gear yet.
You wouldn’t think there would be so much snow in mid June but up toward the top (we didn’t get photos up there), we were pushing through a couple feet of snow.
We stopped off at East Lake where we saw a bear running through the campground. It was a young cub so the mom must have been around there somewhere, too.
In the summer there are lots of people running boats on this lake but in the late spring we only saw one or two people out.
