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| Lava beds near the Dee Wright Observatory. Incredibly sharp to walk on! |   The Dee Wright Observatory |       You can see where the old wagon road veered off here |   We stopped at a little fair in Sisters, Oregon, and the kids got the opportunity to pet some animals. |     Canyon Creek Campground - where Canyon Creek joins the Metolius River, very close to Sisters. The water, again, was VERY clear. | Springs just above the river feed into it. |   Interesting rock formation in the river | Dinner back at the campground |   The campsite was only designed for tents, but we managed to squeeze in | Canyon creek was deep, clear and COLD! |   Our campsite in Bend was a fancy, expensive one. The most expensive ones even had outdoor kitchens, like this one | Kenny made friends with the next-door neighbor's dog |   Dressed warmly before heading off to the lava cave in Newberry National Volcanic Monument. This is just before I sprained my ankle badly in the cave. |   This is where I sprained my ankle - stepping off the walkway into a pit. It hurt for days. | On top of Lava Butte |   In Bend, Oregon, we went tubing down the Dechutes River |     Heading out of Bend Oregon, we drove through the ghost town of Antelope | The old school |     On the way to the Clarno unit of the John Day Fossil Beds |   Thank god for shade. It was a REALLY hot day | Unfortunately, we backed into this rock... |   Sheltering in the shade on a little walk |   In the town of Fossil, we looked at an old school house and museum | Behind the high school, you can dig for fossils. We found a bunch. |   Headed towards Cottonwood Canyon State Park. |   Beautiful, but really windy! |   Kenny found some old bones |   An early morning hike |   The old road... |   It was so hot, and the river wasn't that cold, so Peter and I took a dip |   | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||