Scenes from the Cascade Scenic Highway

After the eagle/vulture encounter we tooled down a side road.

While we were waiting for a car to pass, I

really liked the flowers and the wood thing going on.

So....

 At the end of this dirt road was a campground

surrounded by lava rocks.

Lots and lots of lava rocks.

 The lava goes on for literally miles.

 And then unbeknownst to us, we were climbing

and we came around the bend and 

SHAZAM!

Snow crusted trees on a  mountain at 6,000 feet more or less. 

The temp also dropped from 60-30 like that.

It looked soooo pretty.

 There are 12 lakes around this drive.

Some you had to really look for.

 Of course, we're all excited about snow on the ground, it started snowing.

 Snowflakes on my lens.

 A curvy road to show all the snow that still hanging around.

 More eagles

We ended up in Bend, Oregon, and went to the Mill that

we were told is a must.

Stores, lots of stores, we went into REI (sells recreational

equipment) and I never

heard of them so we had to look after all we re-cre-ate.

And had coffee.