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We headed down to the High Desert Museum to check out the exhibits and go to the raptor show. They had a variety of birds on display including this cute owl doing his thing.
Here’s a turkey buzzard that performed some tricks for us.
He’s a pretty bird!
One of the bird keepers with a falcon. All of the birds seemed to have a good time doing their shows and getting snacks.
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. 
We stopped by the Lava Butte Cinder Cone to check out the fire lookout on our way to Newberry Crater for our birthday weekend. It’s been several years since we were up here and the view is as good as ever.
The fire lookout was occupied upstairs with the Forest Service lookout but downstairs we were able to check everything out and get some interpretation with another employee who pointed out some cool features of the surrounding mountains.
We have our faithful Albino Rhino on this trip!