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After we turned around on the hike, this view of the Medicine Lake Shiled Volcano System presented itself. The two closer hills on the right are not part of the system.
		The clouds on the day we hiked became spectacular against the sky. These later became thunderstorms.
The clouds continued to build up after we finished our hike, and this tree was photographed against the sky near Sconchin Butte.
		We returned to the site of the Tule Lake Internment Camp we visited last year. The camp, actually in Newell, has this marker which memorializes the thinking that led to the camp, and expresses hope that something like this will never happen again.
Much of the old internment camp still remains in the form of the old barracks. While many of these have been converted to housing, some can still be found in near original condition, such as this one.
		After we finished looking at the camp, the clouds got very dark and threatening. This scene, just outside of Newell on a country road, presented itself.
It finally started raining in the area, although we actually got hit with nothing more than a few sprinkles. A lot of lightning was visible (and caused fires), and some areas did get heavy rain. I saw this view across the plain, and decided it looked better in black and white.
		The next day, we drove out east of Klamath Falls on Highway 140 to look at the countryside. We drove through Beatty and Bly on our way to the Mitchell Monument. Both towns were very small, but Bly has this old movie theater, a remnant of the days when a mill was located here.
East of Bly, in the middle of forest, is the Mitchell Monument. This monument marks the site of the only fatalities on the American Continent from enemy action during World War II. A group of people out for a Sunday picnic discovered a Japanese balloon bomb, which exploded.
		One day on our trip, we headed up to the Medicine Lake Volcano, to take a look at Glass Mountain (its distinctive reflectance can be seen from Lava Beds). Glass Mountain is the result of an eruption about 1,000 years ago, and pumice and obsidian are everywhere.
We came across this large plug of black obsidian while hiking.
		Since the Glass Moutain lava flow is so geologically recent, only a few plants have established a toehold, such as this small pine growing in the pumice.
Glass Mountain, on the Medicine Lake Volcano, towers over the surroundings. We were able to see the beginnings of what was later called the Modoc Complex Fire from here.
		Medicine Lake is a small body of water established in the old caldera of the volcano. It's a very pleasant, remote lake with a large sandy beach.
A very small, beautiful yellow flower was growing in the sandy beach.
		A pretty road, some of it dirt, takes you back to the Monument. From here, we drove to the town of Tulelake.
Tulelake is a small town with a lot of civic pride. It's been hit very hard by the drought situation, unfortunately. The former Tulelake Horseradish Company was headquartered here.
		We left for home early the next day. From Highway 97, one gets a spectacular view of Mt. Shasta, even on a day such as this, when the air was thick with smoke from fires.
Black Butte, which is very near Mt. Shasta, looms over Interstate 5 and is quite impressive.

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