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rozoneill: I decided to hike to The Twins in the middle of the trip home
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rozoneill: A mushroom emerges from the depths of the earth
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rozoneill: The trail ambled through the dusty volcanic soils surrounding The Twins
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rozoneill: A small meadow thrives in what used to be a shallow pond
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rozoneill: There were a few trail junctions to confuse map-challenged hikers
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rozoneill: The trail headed uphill through a forest and piles of volcanic rock
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rozoneill: A stagnant pond and where mosquitoes come from
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rozoneill: Typical forest on the way up
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rozoneill: The trail ambled uphill through a dry forest
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rozoneill: Walls of volcanic rock shepherded the trail
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rozoneill: A bandaged sign points the way to The Twins
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rozoneill: Time for the trail to get even steeper
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rozoneill: Trail, as it ascends to the rim of The Twins
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rozoneill: Nothing but red rock on this part of the cinder cone
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rozoneill: The trail sashays to and fro
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rozoneill: Gold Lake reposes below Diamond Peak
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rozoneill: Layers of mountains on a hazy afternoon
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rozoneill: Maiden Peak silhouette
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rozoneill: Still the trail climbs through the pumice
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rozoneill: Waldo Lake can barely be seen through the haze
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rozoneill: Trail on the rim of The Twins
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rozoneill: Wildfire smoke goobered up the epic view of Waldo Lake
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rozoneill: South and Middle Sister emerge ghost-like from the smoky layer
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rozoneill: Waldo Lake on a very hazy day
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rozoneill: View to what is probably Crane Prairie Reservoir
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rozoneill: View to a figurative tribe of volcanic cones surrounding the Three Sisters
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rozoneill: And now a brief hike to the top of taller South Twin
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rozoneill: Oof!
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rozoneill: View to Crane Prairie Reservoir from the flanks of The Twins
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rozoneill: North Twin, as seen from taller South Twin