Went for a Sunday drive today to the Newberry Caldera area which is quite close to our campground. (The difference between a caldera and a crater is that a caldera is much wider than it is deep) About halfway up our drive to the crater we stopped at an overlook and got this shot of Bachelor Mountain and the Three Sisters. As you can see, it was a clear day with beautiful blue sky. To make good even better, it was only in the 70's which is Tryna's kind of weather!

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Newberry Caldera, the crater of a 500 square mile volcano holds two sparkling alpine lakes which are full of trout and salmon. Pictured here is East Lake, which is 185 feet deep and one of the lakes of the Newberry Crater.

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Paulina Lake, the other lake in the Newberry Crater, is 250 feet deep and is one of the deepest lakes in Oregon.

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From Paulina Peak, the highest point on the craters rim (7985 feet). one can see for miles. It is thought that the caldera may have originally held one large lake much like Crater Lake, but deposits of pumice and lava divided it into two separate bodies of water. Here you can see Paulina on the left, East on the right and an obsidian flow in the middle.

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This view of East Lake from Paulina Peak shows the obsidian flow a little better. It's amazing how it sparkles in the sun - it is after all glass.

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