Weekend Trip to Bend

 Last weekend we drove over to Bend for the weekend to see a few sights.
We spent a day at the fabulous High Desert Museum.

Dylan as a park ranger...possible future job opportunity since he does enjoy telling people everything he knows!

 Cole the fisherman.

We watched a raptor show and a critters of the desert show where we saw a skunk, a badger, a snake, and this very cute porcupine.

Enjoyed spending some time outside in the sun and heat along the Deschutes River.

The next day we hit the lava.  Here we are at the Lava Visitor Center where there were many cool displays about the surrounding volcano's and lava flows.

Then we were able to go up to the top of Lava Butte and walk the rim trail.

Some amazing views of eastern Oregon!

Then we needed to cool off a bit (since it was bloody hot there!  I'm talking like 90 degrees!!  Us western Oregonians just saw the sun for the first time this year about a week ago!) so we headed to the Lava River Cave.  It is about 40-50 degrees in the cave and is a pitch black 1 mile hike to the end.  Good think we had headlamps, flashlights and a lantern!

To end our lovely weekend we headed to an outdoor amphitheater to hear some live music.  But it was so hot and the amphitheater had no shade, so we stayed for one song before heading back to the river to cool off.  We are on a pedestrian bridge watching the hundreds of people float down the Deschutes River.