Michael and Johnny went out to breakfast, and then after breakfast Michael went over to visit a high school friend for a very short visit.
John is a friend from high school. I sent him a message on Facebook and was delighted he called.His family ran a nursery for a very long time. John and his wife, Lanora have changed that.His beautiful daughter Molly.John bought the family out and converted the nursery to a wedding venue.The Bride’s building for preparation.Set up area for caterers.
Ceremony site.Beautiful grounds everywhere.Bar.
Beginning point for bride’s wedding march.
John sets up chairs on the grass. My niece got married here some years ago.
Everywhere the eye looks it is lovely.Celebratory bell ringing post wedding.They do 42 weddings a year and John tells me he has 21 to go.Floral suggestion of a wedding cake.With a fun bride and groom effigy.
We were on the road at 11:30 AM. We took the road from Eugene over to Crater Lake. Beautiful drive (even though I slept a little). Crater Lake is just lovely. So glad we got to go and see it again. There was still snow! Very cold and rainy but still gorgeous. Lots and lots of people.
Nicely restored Bronco.Road art.Heading southeast out of Eugene.Covering a wooden bridge adds 100 years of useful life, someone once told me.Up into the clouds we went.Over the Cascades.
Saw lightening and heard thunder!
The park gets in excess of 500,000 visitors a year. Glad the road was open.Very straight road for the first part.Trees growing out of lava beds.The park!The clouds were low today.Then we saw it.Almost 2,000 feet deep, deepest in the US.Cold old grump at the lake.About 7,700 years ago, Mt. Mazama blew up, spewed an unfathomable amount of ash and lava out and to the east. It then cratered in on itself collapsing to form this beautiful lake.Cold pretty woman at the lake.
South hiding, North facing patch of snow.
We headed down, Prius built up some good electricity and we were on electric mode for a long ways.Skies cleared a little.
We drove out another way to Medford. It was lovely. Michael told me I missed the best parts because I was sleeping again. Bummer. We’ll have to do it again so I can see it and take pictures. Michael was too careful to try to take pictures and drive, thank goodness. (The total drive time from Keizer to Medford was about 5 hours.)
Edie woke up enough to get this cool roadster.
We got to the hotel at around 5:30 PM. It’s very old but clean. The bed is comfortable. After we checked in and unloaded, we drove around a little bit looking for a place to eat. The downtown area of Medford is old and really cute. Lots of little brewery type places and cute little cafes. We ended up going to a Mexican place called La Tequila. Very lovely and really good food.
Nice, in the 1950’s.King bed was okay.They are trying, even had a flat screen.Dinner.Chips, salsa and we love it when we get the bean dip as well. Very good.I had a chicken burrito with rice and beans.Edie had the #1, enchilada and taco with rice and beans.
We got back to the room and I crashed (again). Michael stayed up and watched some tv. That was our day. Hope yours was great!
