In Agreeme nt With The ZMM Narrator’s Dark Volcanic Rock, Is Seen In Distance Along US 97.
….“The piney road goes upward, and there’s not so much traffic this morning. The rocks among the pines are dark and volcanic. I wonder if that was volcanic dust we slept in. Is there such a thing as volcanic dust? “(Cont.Next)
The /\ Above /\ Photo Was Taken At The Parking Lot For Lava Butte Cinder Cone Visitor Center, Which Was Experienced On The Way To La Pine, OR. ….((NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Photo Location is ~20 miles prior to La Pine, OR. And the above ZMM Narrative is for Chris & The Narrator’s travel, could practically apply to anywhere along US-97. …But, since their overnight campsite was 5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR, the most likely the location for this Narrative is soon after they get back on the road, several miles prior to La Pine, OR for breakfast: ….In the /\ Above /\ Photo, you can see in the distance (by the highway), there was plenty of dark (nearly black) volcanic rock, which happens to be ~1000 feet East of Lava Butte Volcanic Cinder Cone. This was at Lava Butte National Monument located 20 miles prior to La Pine, OR. The Lava Butte Cinder Cone is part of the “Newberry National Volcanic Monument was designated on November 5, 1990, to protect the area around the Newberry Volcano in the U.S. state of Oregon. Address: Bend, OR 97702” From Wikipedia. ….Although volcanic mountains were evident all around at a distance, I did not notice any dark volcanic rock among the trees along the highway. My notes only record spotting volcanic rock at the edge of sidewalks as seen in photo second next.
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(Photo = 113-1348 ...... ZMM Page = 303 ..... WayPt = 358i16 ~3700ft. Photo at 361w 4581ft)