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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
June 30, 2006
Stand atop 5,459-foot Sand Mountain and you can see Clear Lake to the west, Big Lake to the east and a whole lot of sore-eye-soothing country in between.
But it's what's underfoot that can blow your mind.
Sand Mountain is part of the McKenzie-Santiam Volcanic Field that extends roughly from the....