Shelly in Portland, Oregon at the "Volunteer Center" for you-know-who (hi Bernie & Bill from CA).
Hope everyone likes pictures of mountains. I got lots of 'em. This is called the Pumice Desert (sounds yummy). Not much can grow here as there are not enough nutrients in the soil.
Crater Lake in Oregon. Pictures can't really show how cool this is. A volcano blew up and what used to be the top of the volcano is now Crater Lake. It's almost 2,000 feet deep and the elevation is over 7,000 feet!
From Crater Lake, the mountain on the left is Candy Apple Mountain and the one on the right is The Devil's Top Hat. Okay, so those aren't the real names, but they're better in my opinion (especially since I can't remember the real names).
The Cascade Range in Oregon. The road was crazy where we took this picture, no guard rail and the drop was a few hundred feet. I left out the scariest part. Shelly drove the whole time (if you've experienced this and lived, you understand the sheer terror involved. For everyone else, imagine a rollercoaster that can move at unlimited speed, in any direction, can stop on a dime and is very, very opinionated.)
The other side of Crater Lake. The island is called "the Wizard".
Tree hugging just south of Crater Lake. I think it's a douglas fir? Not sure... Since we both like big trees, we're going to see the redwoods tomorrow...
Hope everyone likes pictures of mountains. I got lots of 'em. This is called the Pumice Desert (sounds yummy). Not much can grow here as there are not enough nutrients in the soil.
Crater Lake in Oregon. Pictures can't really show how cool this is. A volcano blew up and what used to be the top of the volcano is now Crater Lake. It's almost 2,000 feet deep and the elevation is over 7,000 feet!
From Crater Lake, the mountain on the left is Candy Apple Mountain and the one on the right is The Devil's Top Hat. Okay, so those aren't the real names, but they're better in my opinion (especially since I can't remember the real names).
The Cascade Range in Oregon. The road was crazy where we took this picture, no guard rail and the drop was a few hundred feet. I left out the scariest part. Shelly drove the whole time (if you've experienced this and lived, you understand the sheer terror involved. For everyone else, imagine a rollercoaster that can move at unlimited speed, in any direction, can stop on a dime and is very, very opinionated.)
The other side of Crater Lake. The island is called "the Wizard".
Tree hugging just south of Crater Lake. I think it's a douglas fir? Not sure... Since we both like big trees, we're going to see the redwoods tomorrow...
3 comments:
Tree Hugging? Shelly looked a little too excited. Settle down Girl!!
Miss you much
Murph
I once thought I hugged a tree...Then found out later it was just a very large woman.
Love,
Jeannne
I too have hugged this mighty tree, On the eve of the toads breath in the forsaken woods of the devils top hat. Or was it the candy apple crater? The craters apple? The top of the hat on the crater faced devil kid? Anywho I like turtles...Bob
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