Winter has had a persistent hold on the coming of spring but there comes a point when you just need to get out, so we headed east for a weekend and landed at Glass Buttes. It’s not too hard to tell how the buttes got their name, there is literally obsidian just about everywhere.
We picked a somewhat random spot upon arrival and went for a cross-country walk. There’s enough glass scattered across the ground to keep a person looking down almost the entire time.
Don’t let the reports of a never-ending winter fool you. Spring has arrived in central Oregon. The snowpack around town finally melted. With longer days and buds ready to burst at any moment, it was time to get the camper back on the truck and head out for a quick weekend hike and some time around the campfire. We headed north to the Cove Palisades State Park and hit the Tam-a-lau trail. The trail starts in a climb from the level of the reservoir to a plateau called The Peninsula offering great views of the cascades and a portion of Lake Billy Chinook.
We wrapped up our short visit to Sequoia National Park and moved on to our final location on our road trip early Thanksgiving day. We headed out of the high country of Sequoia and then north to Yosemite. Before we even got to the entrance we were seeing signs that it might be a bit busy so we quickly took advantage of vacancies at Wawona and set up camp. We arrived early enough to make the run to the valley and take an initial look around. Our good weather continued even though it was on the chilly side.
