July 12, 2019


This morning we woke up in the beautiful Deschutes National Forest. The connections that Jessica Black has with this forestry group is incredible. We settled in just fine last night and woke up to our normal group duties.
After our duties were completed, we headed out to the Newberry National Volcanic Monument where we spent the day. During our stay at the park we walked around the remains of the 7,000-year-old volcano. At this location we were able to see the Lava lands of central Oregon. Our experience there was very nice, and the views were spectacular. As we walked around, I noticed signs that mentioned that they did not want us to pluck any of the flowers in our paths because they were trying to restore life in that area.
After our lunch time we got on a bus that took us towards the top of a giant hill where we were able to look at the National forest at a higher elevation. While being up there we learned a little bit more about the Obsidian Flow. The Obsidian Flow is one of the Newberry Volcano’s newest feature and it’s the youngest in the central Oregon. We learned that the lava flow is the last of a three-part eruption that originated from a single vent. Once we got to the top, we were able to walk around the rim of one of them and it was breathtaking. The fact that over 7,000 years ago, the land here was completely dead and that it was only the lava rocks that stayed at the surface level and now there is plant life, it means that sometimes we do need the fire in order to grow.
Once we started driving up towards our campsite, we stopped at a laundry mat in order to do laundry. This was probably one of the best things that we could have done. After our cleaning day we went to a small “resort” to shower.
At night when we were about to go to sleep, we put a giant “2” and “6” on a brownie and lit them up and sang happy birthday to Juan. He really enjoyed his day today. (A group of us went up to him and sang happy birthday at midnight the night prior)
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Life Lesson:
Going through the fire may be difficult but you will grow out of it.

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