Rogue River

I uploaded some of my Oregon pictures to www.yorkphoto.com and had them printed and sent to me (it was a really good deal... only 10 cents a print plus free prints for signing up and a 99 cent shipping deal). Anyway, I got them today and I was so impressed! It made me realize how much I loved real pictures... not just on the computer screen. I was happy with how my camera was able to handle them... the colors were great! They even have a special digital picture size, 4X5.3, so nothing got cut off! If you want to sign up for York, let me know (even if you don't want to actually use it), if you sign up you get 20 free prints - and I do too!! (That's $2.00 worth, but you have to do it from an e-mail I send you... so please let me know!). Since I was so inspired, here is a picture of the Rogue River... not too far from Mill Creek Falls, close to Prospect, Oregon (on the way to Crater Lake).

Flower

Just wanted to add some color to this place!

Yikes

Hope we don't get an earthquake!

Moon

The moon was out last night. Hmmm... not much else to say about it!

Tree trunk

Big eh?

Pups

I am missing my puppies out here. The closest I get is the deeries that come and visit. Today I saw an otter. It was so cute!

Cottage

This is our cottage in Sequim. It is so cute! You can see the mailbox all the way to the left hand side of the picture. If you keep going down the street you go into the ocean. This morning I saw a house go by. Directly across the way from our cottage is another house, then a lagoon, then a row of houses and then Discovery Bay, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the left. Protection Island is to the north (a wildlife refuge) and Port Townsend is across the way. We can see Mt. Baker when it is not foggy. It's been pretty foggy lately though, and when it is you can't see any water :(

For Wendy

Beach

We went for a walk on the beach this morning in the hopes of seeing some tide pools. I think we were a little too late for them, but I did discover this little gem! I don't know how we didn't see it up until this morning, but I think this is Mt. Baker in the Washington Cascades. It must have been too cloudy before, but we realized that we can see it from our cottage. I think seeing a mountain for the first time is one of my new favorites!

Portland

We stopped in Portland on our way up here to Sequim. We had a few hours to walk around and check out the city. For dinner we ate at Al-Amir's, a Lebanese Restaurant - it was really good! Then we walked over to Powell's Books, the "largest bookstore in North America". Jared's Mom spoiled us, and our hotel beds were so comfy! We stayed right on the water, and Wednesday morning walked along the waterfront. We left for Sequim not too long afterwards. The ride was really pretty, I even saw a few glimpses of Mt. Rainier. Hopefully at some point I'll be able to get a better picture of it.

Shasta

This is Mount Shasta, as seen from Klamath National Forrest Meridian Overlook (wherever that is!). It is in California. Jared and I drove up the 'back roads' towards the top of Mount Ashland. It was one scary road! At this part we stopped and walked along the Pacific Crest Trail. Homer had fun.

Crater Lake

Jared said that I look like I'm standing in front of a poster in this picture. It's actually Crater Lake, the one and only. It is my new favorite lake, although I don't think I had a favorite before. My camera just wasn't able to capture the clear bright blue of the lake. We were 7,000 feet above sea level, the lake is an average of 6 miles across and 20 square miles total... it's also about 2,000 feet deep. The drive up was amazing, and I we got to visit lots of little exciting things, waterfalls, rocks and the Rogue River. Then we stopped at Beckie's for huckleberry pie. Except I traded with Jared for cherry because I didn't actually like the huckleberry.

Las Vegas

I totally jinxed myself when I said that I hoped I wouldn't get stuck in Las Vegas. I definitely got stuck in Las Vegas. My plane from Vegas to Medford got cancelled at 1:00 in the morning, after it had been delayed for what seemed like hours. They put me up in a hotel, which was pretty interesting (the picture is the sunrise from my window), as I got to see some more of Vegas, although not much. I finally was able to get to Medford, after a First Class detour to Portland (along with some Bailey's). Of course they forgot to put my luggage on the plane... I saw it on the tarmac as we were pulling out of Vegas, so I was in the same dirty clothes for a few days. I got my luggage this morning, just in time for a trip to Crater Lake...