Medford and Ashland

                                                   On the way down from Crater Lake we
                                                  drove through the forest and saw tree after
                                                  tree down. This was a big one, root ball and
                                                  all.

                                                   There were hundreds of these poles all the
                                                   way down the mountain. We assumed they
                                                  helped the snow plows find the edge of the
                                                  road and measured how deep the snow is.
                                                  There is a peace of silver duct tape at nearly
                                                  top of the pole-it is at least twice Mom's size.

                                           Leaving the park.

                                         Tuesday night we drove to the Medford Temple to make
                                        sure we could find it and wouldn't be late for our 9:30 session
                                       the next morning. It's a good thing we did - it took us a while to
                                          find it.  But look at that sky.  If we'd had our old camera, we
                                        could have changed the F-stop and gotten a clear pic of the temple
                                        and the sky.  Mom thinks the cloud looks like an elephant!

                                          Wednesday morning.  It looks just like the temple in Palmyra,
                                          except the windows. The windows in Palmyra are unique.
                                         It sits on a piece of property adjacent to the meeting house
                                         and an outdoor pavilion.  No bigger than the lot the meetinghouse
                                         sits on.  It has every essential, no wasted space - beautiful!!

                                         Back corner of the temple in the shade. It was a fun morning.

                                         Thursday we took a tour of Harry and Davids - the factory,
                                         the orchard and the store.  It was very fun and very impressive.

                                         Notice the pear on top as the weather vane.

                                         Stirring the popcorn into the candy mixture for Moose Munch.
                                         We bought you all a bag and we're trying to figure out how
                                          to mail it to you! Yummy

                                        This was taken through a glass window so it's not very clear,
                                       but they are covering some of the Moose Munch clusters in
                                       chocolate.  It sure smelled good in this part of the factory!!

                                          We wandered around Ashland on Thursday before our
                                          play that evening.  We even found a pair of "Keens" for Dad!

                                       This was called a "green show" outside, before the plays began.
                                      It was an Irish group. Fun music, and they were VERY good.

                                          Friday on the way home we stopped at the KR drive-in
                                          in Rice Hill for some ice cream!!  Check out their website
                                          to remember their fun rules:  http://krdriveinn.com/Stupid_Rules.html

                                         There was plenty of space to throw the football around!

Yummmm!!

Crater Lake

                                         We had a wonderful vacation to Southern Oregon.  This is
                                         Umpqua River on the way to Crater Lake. It was beautiful
                                         and sooooo warm in So. Oregon.

                                       The sky was amazingly blue. The only clouds were thunder heads
                                       that could be seen through the trees. I took this out the window
                                       while Dad was driving.  You can see the car antennae right through
                                       the middle of the cloud.

                                         We got to the lake and it was raining huge drops of rain.
                                         The clouds just opened and dumped.  Thank goodness we
                                         had an umbrella and jackets in the car.

                                         It is so beautiful, even on a cloudy day.  The water is an
                                         indescribable blue.

                                          It was in the 90's that day and we could still see snow fields!

                                          There's no way to show how steep the sides of the crater
                                          are.  At the very bottom of the picture is the rock retaining
                                          wall we were leaning over.  It's a LONG way down.

                                         A nice lady took our picture in the very same spot we
                                         had our picture taken as a family in 1986.