Big Obsidian Flow

We're home now, so I can upload a few of the other pictures from our weekend in central Oregon. These are from the afternoon we hiked near Paulina Lake and specifically the Big Obsidian Flow. It was a very pleasant climb since the sun's intensity was often obscurred by the clouds, which made the sky so beautiful! I think most of the time I pointed my camera towards the breathtaking skies.

Here' the steps we climb to get the views. I'm following that guy in the hat...

Don't know these people, but I couldn't resist the composition...

Paulina Lake...

Green things growing on the side of the rocks. I wonder how they manage to survive there in the in the heat with so little moisture?

I just love the drama of those skies. So amazingly blue!