Crater Lake

If you remember a previous post about marathons, you know that Pat was supposed to run the Crater Lake Marathon August 11. A client of Pat's had reservations at the Crater Lake Lodge that he was not going to be able to use, so he offered it to us. We had a beautiful room over looking the lake with no television or telephone. It was so peaceful. We had a wonderful dinner in the dining room and walked around the crater. All during this time Pat is waffling back and forth as to whether or not he was going to run the 1/2 marathon, try to do the full, or maybe just do a quick 6 miler. I don't think he even knew when we went to bed!

Well the room was beautiful, but there is no AC in the Lodge and we were on the top floor, it was steaming hot in our room that night, even with both windows open. The bed was much soggier than what we are used to and so neither of us slept very well. So when the alarm went off at 4:30 for him to catch his 5am bus to the race start.... He turned it off and went back to sleep.

The race didn't happen for Pat, but we had a wonderful time. A relaxing, delicious breakfast with a great hike up Mt Garfield. It was a wonderful weekend.


Looking toward Klamath from Mt Garfield.

Holy Dippin' Dots

We had a flash thunder storm just now and they are always impressive in Klamath. I had just gotten home from ordering our new decking materials, when it was starting to rain and put on an impressive lightening show. Then it really started pouring and then the hail started. I haven' t seen hail that big in a while.

One thing that came out of this storm is that it reminded me to clean out the gutters....they don't work well when full of leaves and pine needles.

This is the storm drain down the street. It is now a geyser! Morgan said the he put the lid back on the man hole. You can't really tell in this picture, but El Dorado looked more like a river than a street.

Spitting into the wind...

Didn't your mother ever tell you not to do that?....Or does that just apply to peeing?

Birthday Boy-OUCH

Lucas, Always running forward...but looking backward!

Hit the Ground Running

That is what it has felt like since I got back from China. After spending the first 2 days doing nothing but sleeping to recover from jet lag, among other ailments, it has been non-stop going. That first week back Morgan did a CAD camp at Kingsley Field and had a blast. He did have to be there by 9am which was pretty hard on my recuperating system. He made a space-ship flashlight that is really cool. Hopefully, he will keep his mind open to future CAD opportunities.

The next Sunday I took Lucas up to Oregon State for Baseball camp! What a great time. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to stay as a camper, so I stayed in Corvallis until Thursday, taking him back and forth to camp. It was tiring, but worth it.




We got back on Thursday and Pat took the boys on Friday and headed to Lucas' "annual Birthday-fishing-fest"! They fished the Umpqua River for bass and had a great time fishing, watching bald eagles, and osprey...getting home on Saturday.
Bald Eagle.
An Osprey, fishing with the guys!
Got it!
Lucas LOVES fishing!


We then turned around on Sunday (today) and drove Morgan and a couple of friends up to Salem for basketball camp. Whew....11 hours of driving in 1 day....and we get to do it again when we pick him up on Thursday.

I think we will be done traveling for the rest of the summer....I am beginning to feel a little edgy about getting in the car...almost like I did when I thought about getting on another airplane.

After I downloaded the camera's I found some pictures that were taken when the cousins were over. Pat said he almost lost an eye on the drum-set.



Rough looking crew first thing in the morning.