Paulina Lake and the Mosquitoes

We spent a couple of nights at Paulina Lake (close to Bend and in the Newberry Crater) with our good friends the Carvajal-Ericksons.  Way back in time (okay, not that long ago) we all lived on the same street and our boys have all grown up together.

The picture on the right was taken on a trail in an obsidian flow (with Paulina Lake in the background.)  We stayed two nights at the lake and had a wonderful time hiking around, hanging out in the kayaks, and swatting mosquitoes.  Joe got the worst of it with some huge bites on his legs.  Despite that, we loved it so much we already booked a cabin for next year with the Carvajal-Ericksons.  <