While Crater Lake to the south of us is much better known, it has a less known cousin to the north that is just as deserving of the acclaim. Newberry Crater is about 40 miles from Bend and like Crater Lake is a collapsed volcano, however Newberry has been active as recently as 1300 years ago. Today Newberry Crater is a National Monument and has plenty of camping in the caldera on two lakes and an overlook from the south rim.
Last weekend we took the kids down to the crater and they got to "play" in the lake, and walk through an obsidian flow.
The kids didn't hesitate walking right up to the water at East Lake.
Yup - shoes, socks jeans and all!
So we went from splashing to playing on the beach - which is mostly cinder.
My little cutie 
Well we're back to splashing again.
And throwing handfuls of rocks in the water.
lots of rocks!
That isn't scowling - she and daddy are making faces at each other.
The obsidian flow from about 1300 years ago. The front face is probably 80-90 feet high and just stops .
Obsidian and pumice flows which formed these shapes as they cooled.
Thin layers of pumice and obsidian - it's all glass anyway!
Obisidian is so cool - it really is glass and so smooth.
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