Maggy's 4th Birthday Party-- at Truman Dam

Maggy's birthday is on the 21st, so her party was the weekend before that. Here is a picture with her Grandma Evans. They were discussing all of the 'princess' stuff that was on this cute gift bag.

Here she is with her Memaw [Cory]. She is ready to go down to the lake and "swim"!

Opening her presents. I am not sure who some of the kids were that came. Some of the people Danielle works with, and some of her friends, came with their kids.

Waiting to see if Momma can get her candles to light so we can sing Happy Birthday! The wind was really strong!!

Danielle is really trying to get the candles to light and stay lit long enough for Maggy to blow them all out.[ Important when you are four to do all of the traditional things!] I think she had a great time. She said,"Thanks Guys! for coming to my birthday party!"

Whenever she wants to say something to a group of people, she calls us ALL 'Guys'.

What a girl! We love our great-grand- daughter !!!

Last pics of Crater Lake

I took this on the way back down the mountain. There is some kind of gorge with steep rocky sides, and, I believe, a stream running through it. There are a lot of different colors in the rock face of the cliffs, too.

Here is one of those 'classic' kind of pictures you see from Crater Lake. Trees in the foreground, deep blue of the lake, snow on the mountains behind, and a clear sky!

Another family was there at the observation area when we were. We took their pictures, and they took ours! Ron was so cold and so worried about someone falling over the low wall, that was the only barrier there; that he headed back to the van. Eventually, most of the others did,too.

But, Karen and I wanted to get some more pictures! Here is one of Wizard Island. Karen's 'zoom' is a little better than mine. When she zoomed in on that little white 'spot' at the waters edge, she got a picture of the boat dock,etc.

Apparently there is a tour you can take on the lake [in the summer] that makes a stop at the island.

Here you can get an idea of why Ron was so worried about anyone falling. You would just tumble several hundred feet straight down to the water! I know that people want to see the natural beauty of the area, but you DO think that they would have some type of barriers up for safety. [ I know some kids, and adults, that I would not want to take anywhere like this!]

It was truly great to just be able to go and see this! I'll store it up in my memories, to think about from time to time!

Crater Lake, first attempt

Hmmmmmmmm! I thought I might have fixed the picture download problem, but this is messed up, too! This should be the first pic and the last one is the last; but the ones in between are in reverse order. Oh well! We'll just work with it!

1. After Jake's game we headed toward Crater Lake {we were almost halfway there]. After we were in the park we began to see vehicles coming toward us with snow on them. Pretty soon we could see it on the ground, like in this pic I took from the car. [Now scroll down to the next to last pic.]


4. Ron was ready to get back into the warm car, but he let me take this shot of him with the center in the background. Now scroll all the way down to the last pic in this post.]

3. After we had spent some time in the center/gift shop, we walked out to where you are supposed to be able to see the lake. Ordinarily you would be able to see it just to the left of Jacob in this pic. NAW! the cloud had settled right down on the lake and you could not see anything! ! One young man that came in the gift shop while we were there said he was from New York and had made a special trip out of his way to see the lake because he had wanted to see it since he was about 10 and read about it. He was about to cry. I had been there in my mid-teens, but Ron had never been and I so very much wanted him to see it with me. [scroll up to next pic]

2. Here is what we saw from the parking lot at the visitor center. Chris is heading inside to wait for the rest of us. [scroll up one pic]

5. In the short time we were in the visitor center, they closed off this road that goes around the lake. Someday, maybe we can go back and take that tour! We would not have had time this day, even if it had not snowed. The lady in the center said that they don't usually get snow until just before Thanksgiving. By the time we got halfway down the mountain, the snow had changed back to misting rain.