July 21-24, 2011 – Upper Rogue River and Crater Lake National Park (continued)
Thursday morning we hiked a short trail along the Upper Rogue River to Pearsony Falls. We then hiked to the Avenue of Giant Boulders, created the same time as Crater Lake, 7,700 years ago. When the volcano erupted it blew huge, room sized boulders some 20 miles and deposited them here along the Upper Rogue River. We enjoyed hiking among these huge boulders. We did another hike along the Upper Rogue River to two beautiful waterfalls. The first was Mill Creek Falls. Just down the trail a short distance was even more spectacular Barr Creek Falls. We enjoyed these hikes and it was good to get the dogs out on a trail again. After our hikes we took a short drive to Flounce Rock, a viewpoint where you can see the Pacific Coast Range and Mount Shasta. We also got a great view of Lost Creek Reservoir. We ate a picnic lunch here and enjoyed the beautiful wildflowers. When we got back to the RV Park later in the a...