Crater Lake

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Crater late was awesome! ....I almost didn't post pictures of it because I know I didn't really capture it... But.... I did so take these pictures and multiply by 10 and you might have the awesomeness of it .... God is SO good! :)

This was our view on the drive in.... after a day of too much awesomeness for one day this kinda just pushed it over the top.


The first view of the lake! This was my widest lens... its a big lake :)

Then it got dark.... and we tried to find a campsite.... and failed.... and ended up sleeping(or not) in the 4runner in the lodge parking lot... 4 of us.. kinda tight haha.... So we set our alarms(just incase we were asleep) for about 5am so we could catch the sunrise.


It was worth it .....?jk :)


On our drive back to Bend there was a cloud in the way but we drove through it.... thats kinda how tired we were :P

We made it to Bend and just chilled for the evening, played some vball, and the next morning we went climbing at Smith rock..... I havent decided what climbing pictures I'll be posting but they should be coming soon!

Oregon Coast: Day 2

So the next day we woke to a cold/misty/rainy morning. Cooked breakfast (Chicken Sausage/egg/onions and green pepper) breakfast barritos.... All on a backpacking stove ;) It was amazing! Then we showered, packed up and headed south. :)

Spent a few minutes on the beach :)


Would love to live there.


Lighthouses are amazing :)

Then we found our beach... after driving about 3 miles down a dirt road it opened up onto an awesome beach with almost no one on it! AND it was perfectly sunny for the whole 3-4 hrs we were there :) God was SO good to us :)


The squeaky sand was awesome. I have no idea what causes it :)


We built a castle and then watched the ocean wash it away..... that was fun. :)


Then we built a turtle



Then we headed toward Crater lake.... we kinda wanted to get there in time to set up camp and get some sleep which didn't happen but I'll save that for a later post ;)

Hey readers! :) In case you didn't know... Anna and I have been gone for 3 weeks on one of the most awesome road trips ever. It really was amazing(understatement) :) We were blessed and protected and basically just spoiled in a million different ways.... I mean... who travels over 5,300 miles without a single problem?  Seriously... I have nothing to complain about. The whole trip involved very little planning and even less stress :) Our trip went something like this... Denver, Boise, Bend, Newport, Crater lake, Bend, Boise, Zion, Death Valley, a completely unplanned week in Las Angeles, and then home. Annnd... I shot a few pictures along the way which I'll be posting in the next week or two. Here are some of the Oregon Coast.

This is some sort of dead Jellyfish or something... or maybe its not dead and that is just what it looks like. I thought it was cool! ;)


The sunset.... From what I hear this is kinda rare for the Oregon coast :)


Another shot of the sunset


Will, Merrie, Anna, and I... SO much fun :)


Anna and Merrie with the last of the sunset.

Thats all for now :) I'll be posting pictures of the next day soon .... We almost had a whole beach all to ourselves!

Fun post :)

Liking the new blogger interface.... clean and simple! Very nice :)

Found an Izzy bottle and some bottle rockets and was inspired.. here's the pics!

First try


The launch




Then I broke it :)

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I have no idea what to name this post... These are a couple pictures I took tonight in North OKC. :)

If you look really closely... the bluish tinted spot is actually lightning. It didn't show up very well :)

Blanchard Springs Caverns

When we were in Arkansas this last weekend we went and toured Blanchard Springs Caverns with my Bother and Sister in Law and Niece :) Here are a few pics.... not of us. :)

Annnnd this is my first post from my new computer...

Its taken a bit to get used to but out of the 3 Operating systems that I've used as my main OS I have to say that Mac OSX pretty much beats them all :)


The ceiling of the cave :)


The bats were awesome!




The falls where they come out of the caverns

Lightning & Storm

Took some pictures of a short thunderstorm on Friday morning.