It has been quite the day. We woke up at 6:00 a.m. to get it going. We had breakfast that was less than stellar at our roach coach hotel. It wasn't quite that bad, but definitely not worth $160 for a night's sleep. These west coast prices are pretty over priced!
First on the agenda was Crater Lake. It was an hour and a half drive. We ooh'ed and awh'ed from simply driving into the beginning of the park. We got out and took pictures of the deep canyon with the river at the bottom, the gorgeous Ponderosa pines, and the narrow road leading into the park surrounded by beautiful nature. By the time we actually got to the lake, we were enamored. The color of that crystal clear blue water is unimaginable!
We rode around the rim stopping at each point to take a few bazillion pictures from each vantage point. We are still amazed at how you can take a picture from one direction of something and think it's the very best only to change locations and find one that's better. Sorting through the pictures is quite laborious. But the pictures do not do the scenery justice.
After that we headed for Portland. We saw Mt. Hood from a distance as we searched for our pit stop to see Multnomah Falls just east of Portland. 610 feet of water crashing down from the top of a mountain. So beautiful. The girls wanted to climb to the top, but time just got away from us. We went into the city to get pictures of the girls. Jen wants to move west and we think maybe she found a new home in Portland. Cass says she's going to follow. We'll see. I told them if they do move, they're going to have to find a surrogate grandmother for their kids because I am NOT moving to Portland. It's far too much city for me!
We are staying in Kelso WA which is about 45 minutes from Mt. Ranier where our first destination is tomorrow. I'd really love to sleep in for the whole day tomorrow, but that's not going to happen. It will be another early to rise kind of day for the McCanns. I'm running on fumes, that's for sure. I think everyone else is, also.
I was quite testy with the front desk clerk as we checked in tonight. Another night of expensive hotel costs for less than 8 hours of stay. And they refused to give us a AAA discount, because they have so few rooms left for the night. We checked in at 11:00 p.m.!! The final straw was when I wanted to pay cash and was told it would be a $250 deposit because we may damage the room and they couldn't recover the costs. I'm sure we looked like the punk rocker party types as we strolled in at 11:00 p.m. with our hineys dragging. UGH!! Whatever.... Maybe a night's rest will give me a new attitude. Cass said maybe we need to institute a 24 hour quiet game because I was being so grumpy. Maybe so....
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