).. That pretty much covers it..Starting with the noonish rainbow at Koosah Falls..
Scenes from the McKenzie River along the Waterfalls Trail/McKenzie River Trail loop..
Scenes from Sahalie Falls..
The little blue dot is me..
Moving on to the loop trail around Clear Lake..
Great Spring, source of Clear Lake (which is in turn the source of the McKenzie River)..
Back to the trail around the lake..
Finishing up with the Three Sisters off in the distant haze..
What a day
Album here... http://picasaweb.google.com/pdxgene/ClearLake20
It's a kind of modified figure eight with the two loop trails and the short connector trail along the McKenzie between them. in the 9-10 mile or so range with small rolling hills and little to no elevation gain. Walking thru the lava sections can be a bit tough on the feet but most of the rest of it is on soft cushy pine needle filled dirt.
It's all highway to get there so the added distance can be covered in the same time as a shorter trip that involves forest service roads. It's easily within daytrip distance.
One annoying thing on the way home... we were really looking forward to one of those huge milkshakes from Frothy Top along the highway there by Stayton. And it was closed. It's $#&!ing 80 degrees outside, your big sign advertises ice cream and milkshakes and you're closed at 4pm. Grrr
