The weather in Bend was starting to heat up, mid to high 80's. That's not usually a problem, just open windows and turn on the vent fans. But... the Skyliners road site was so dusty! At 6500 ft, the Newberry Caldera was significantly cooler with much better scenery to boot.
While in the Newberry Caldera the previous day, we scouted 3 of the 4 campgrounds, 1 wasn't open yet this season. Several sites apealed to us and being a Monday, there was a pretty good chance one would be available. This is a National Forest site, some of the campsites are reservable and others open or first come first serve.
We broke camp at Skyliner road in no particular rush. When we arrived at Little Crater campground, our first choice was taken but we found site 6 open for 3 nights. We only planned to stay for 2 but signed up for 3.
The next day we hiked the Little Crater trail, right behind the campground.
Extra elevation, better cell signal, checking emails.
Great views of the Big Obsidian Flow.
Day 2, on the Paulina Lakeshore Loop trail. Again, the trail ran right through the campground.
Great views of Paulina Peak.
About 2 miles from the campground there's several little hot springs along the shoreline.
The hairy legs are... well, you know!
It was our last night at site #6. We had plans all set for where to go after leaving Newberry, but we were having such a good time. We'd have to find another open site or leave the next morning, and it was Thursday with Father's day weekend coming up.
Stay tuned...
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