Oregon is going through a heat wave. So much that it was triple digits the last couple of days. And there are forest fires. Lots of them. So the air is all smoke. It is the worst I have ever seen. There are ashes covering our car and the sun looks pink. It has just started to cool down and hopefully we will have some wind/rain to blow this smoke away!
We wanted to do some camping but decided it wouldn't be good to breathe in the smoke all night. Instead, we made a peach cobbler on our back patio with the dutch oven from Mom and Dad. And, wanting to escape the smoke Saturday, drove up to Crater lake to get some fresh air. We stopped at the Rouge Gorge and Natural Bridge on the way home and enjoyed the scenery while eating tasty bbq along the river. It was a nice excuse to see more around us while escaping the ugly air.
Oregon tiene una ola de calor. Hace tanto calor que ha estado arriba de los 100 grados farengheit en los dias passados. Y hay muchos fuegos forestales. Entonces el aire ha estado lleno de smoke. Es de lo peor que yo visto. Hay cenizas en nuestro coche y el sol se ve rosa. Ya se empieza a refescrar un poco y esperamos que tengamos lluvia/aire para llevarse este smoke a fuera.
Quieriamos ir a acampar pero decidimos que no es bueno respirar el smoke toda la noche. En lugar, hicimos un "peach cobbler" en nuestro patio con el "dutch oven" de mis suegros. Y, quizimos escapar el smoke el Sabado, manejamos a Crater Lake para el aire fresco. Visitimos la gargante del rio Rouge y el puente Natural de camino de regreso a casa y disfrutamos del rio comiendo bbq. Fue una buena excusa para explorar mas ceranos mientras escapabamos del aire contaminado.
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| The sun at 9:00 am. |
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| Yay for fresh peaches and sprite! |
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| We still enjoyed it even though we ate it at home. |
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| View of Crater Lake |
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| View of one of the small waterfalls. Jamir is not impressed. |
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| We brought our bikes and rode the pinnacles hike |
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Can you see the pinnacles?
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Crater Lake, although beautiful, is crowded with tourists and traffic. Not our thing. We both enjoyed the Gorge and bbq much more. Most hidden gems are much better than crowded national parks.
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| The bbq was surprisingly good! We ate along the river-I enjoyed watching a golden retriever play in the water :) |
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| Hard to capture the coolness of the gorge. Basically its a rock canyon with high pressure water flowing through it. So pretty. |
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| Cool cave formed by lava tubes |
And...these pictures are old, but I never posted them and thought they were cute of Jamir. We fished at Diamond Lake with the familia Torres a Saturday in June. Jamir was the only one who caught a fish. It was a hard day for fishing so we heard. Jamir thought his fish was pretty big until we came back to land and saw what others caught (it was a contest :). It was still fun and beautiful, and we enjoyed some fried fish made by Jamir later.
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| Feeling proud |
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| Little Briana wanting me to take her picture |
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| She insisted on taking ones of me :) I think she went for an artsy look. |
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| Cleaning the fish. I didn't stay in that room very long. |
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| Jamir did a good job. It was very flavorful. |
