I’m traveling with my daughter Sara now. We left Bend, and just outside of town is the High Desert Museum. It had a special exhibit called Imagine a World which covered utopian communities that started in the high desert, such as the Rajneesh movement which happened in Oregon several years ago. It also touched on Drop City, Rock City, BioSphere and other communities. It was a mind-bender, and I’m still pondering about it.
Then just down the road from the museum was the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Such an eerie place. The visitor center was just at the edge of the piles of volcanic rock, with a cinder cone nearby. It looked like a moonscape.
It was a short drive to our campground near Crater Lake. What a beautiful drive with snow capped mountains everywhere. We drove right through Sister, Oregon and it looks like the quilt show was last weekend. Seems like lots of yuppie type towns like Bend, Sisters, and Sun River, with lots of money growing up on the east side of the Cascades.
Gas and diesel continue to climb in price. I hadn’t factored this in when planning this trip. This last fill-up was quite a shocker.
