I had a fantastic vacation visiting with Lauren and Nick. We ate at two of Nick's family's restaurants. Sophia's has yummy Italian fare, and the Powderhorn served a scrumptious breakfast. Everyone I met was so nice. I'm happy knowing my daughter is with people who love and care about her. We got to eat lunch with her sweet mother in law, Starr. My last night there, we all went bowling with some of their friends. I can't wait to go back!
We went to a couple of wineries to taste wine and see the grapes on the vines. Then we stopped at this nice place. They had wine, but they also grew pear trees. Lauren picked a pear, but I don't know if it was ready yet. We went to Harry and David's for goodies.
We stopped to look at the Rogue River on our way from Crater Lake. There was a nice trail down to the gorge.
We went down closer to the water and the air temperature dropped because the water was so cold!
This is the same river that runs through Grants Pass.
Crater Lake was formed when a volcano erupted and emptied out it's middle! All the water in the lake is from precipitation. No water goes in, and none goes out.
The color of the water is such a deep blue color. That is snow along the edges of the lake. In fact, there is a road that goes clear around the lake and it had been closed until just two weeks before my trip because of snow!
The island is Wizard Island. There are boat tours out to the island. The boats had to be lifted into the lake by helicopter!
Here we are at the edge!
This little ground squirrel was such a model! He posed for several pictures before scampering off with his pinecone treasure.
