We went up on top of a red cinder cone butte east of Bend for a few views on our way out to some of the lava tube caves.
I think Redmond is off in that direction.
Back behind us is Newberry Crater.
Camping in the Lava Fields
We camped between a couple of lava fields on the southwest side of Newberry Crater for Heather’s birthday night. The campsite was very cozy.
Our camping setup works pretty well with our Toyota 4runner.
Loading everything up to get to ready to head out for today’s adventure!
Lava Cast Forest
We headed out to the Lava Cast Forest to check out the holes in the lava where trees once stood before they were buried and burned by the advancing hot rocks.
One of the lava casts. Just imagine when the lava came and burned out these trees!
Looking down one of the old tree holes.
The lava came from up that way.
Here’s a casting from a tree that was fallen over.
This area is really pretty. 