Crater Lake

We piled into Wayne's truck the next day after we got there and headed for Crater Lake. Going through the Rogue River Valley and into the Rogue National Forest, we saw so many beautiful sights. As we climbed, we began to notice snow along the edges of the road, and the farther up the mountain we got, the more snow we saw. We almost got to the entrance of the park but we could see around the next curve that the snow completely covered the road. We turned around and came back down the mountain. The lake in the picture is formed by the Wild River, I believe.

We stopped in a little town called Jacksonville, OR, to eat lunch at a Jewish Deli. It was SO good. I only ate half of mine because I figured it was pretty high calorie food. What fickle weather! We had an episode of pea-sized hail while we were in the cafe eating. Up there, hail is a kind of large sleet pellet. There wasn't any thunder or lightning like we get in Texas.

After we ate, we went into some of the little "junk" stores (read tourist trap) stores and then drove around. Our hosts showed us a subdivision of new houses built to look like old houses. What a unique idea! The houses are a little too close for my taste, however. Wayne said one of them recently sold for $500K! It was a very pretty subdivision.

We returned home and enjoyed more visiting. The next morning, we took off for Lafayette, OR, to visit my cousin who I hadn't seen since 1961 or so.