.and so it begins.
awaking at around 6.30 i had breakfast along with rest of the family. the breakfast wasn't too great since the hotel we decided to stay at for some odd reason decided to skip the "continental breakfast style" and instead have different breakfast menus each morning. this morning i had the privileged of sampling their
ciche(
sp?) and what passed as hash browns.
in my opinion they were both EPIC FAIL though one of the kitchen staff had a
fonzie hairdoo, so that made it alright....but not really.
i will just fast forward to the when we got the party started (below)
So we were off to crater lake!
For some odd reason
Medford and the surrounding small towns have an obsession with
DQ and Dutch bros. we passed many of these along the way.
.after a good amount of driving i snapped this stunning photograph of trees whizzing by. i assure you that only a photographer of my skill can snap said photo (above)
.arriving at the bottom of the crater, we visited the visitor center. thankfully the above photo reassured me that, YES im still in america!
. i snapped the aerial shot after we rented a helicopter. pay no heed to the edge of the table or the looming shadows of giants in the water. amazingly they actually mowed large areas and painted them white to label them for visitors who fly up.
. a group of mini cooper enthusiasts visit crater lake. there were about 10 cars total.
. yes there was still snow on the ground.
.and we arrive. pops n bro get the first shots.
you will not be seeing much of me since the pics are either on mom's camera or non existent since nobody know how to operate my camera.
.first shot of lake
. yes it is actually that blue.
.sam goes for a dip.
. and surprisingly so does my dad. i have one of me which is
sooooo much cooler, but alas its on my mom's camera so i will post it upon edit of this blog post.
EDIT::
HA HERES MINE!
. my brother on top of a mound of flippin snow! i dont know why it doesnt melt it was pretty darn hot.
. my new little friend. this little guy pretty much approached us once it saw us. expecting food we gave it some. upon review of the park brouchure it is apparently a $100 fine for feeding wildlife. lucky no park rangers were present. if there are any park rangers who happen to read this i dare you to send us a ticket! :p
...but not really....
. my litte friend also has a friend
.sam is teh explorer!
.omg! this is the start of the ridiculously long decent. though the decent was rather annoying, having to constantly stop oneself from slipping downwards, i assure you ascending was hellish at best. i for one am not a fit person i say that with an asterisk *born premature josh has had lung problems throught his life. **saying that in the past tense sounds like i died!
anywayz...continuing...
.apparently there is fish in the lake though i did not see anyone catch any.
.some camera guy i saw taking a picture, so i snapped one of him.
. no its not a camera trick. that guy is the whitest dude i evah seen yo!
. a different white dude sullying the lake with his disgusting-melanin-lacking dermis.
. mom and pops enjoyin the view.
. yet another one of my little buddies sniffin sam
.here we have one on a rock outcropping. see him/her?
guess where we are......
.
thats right the happiest place on earth. COSTCO
FTW!! reminds me of home. we of course purchased polish dogs for a taste of home (
portland)
.i will edit if i remember something, but thats pretty much it.
. i have yet to try out the links hopefully the enlarge to a reasonable size so that you can view it. i was too lazy to optimize for the web since i shoot in RAW.
PANORAMAS
