Oregon

Au Revoir to Oregon

Oregon is a wonderful state!  We’ve known this since our first trip here six years ago when we flew out to Portland and then drove through the Willamette Valley (Oregon wine country) over to the coast to Yachats to attend girlfriend Chris’s wedding.  Incidentally, that was our first vacation together [August 2009; we had been dating for four …

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Crater Lake National Park

Crater Lake was once Mount Mazama — that’s right; this lake was once a mountain!  It is one of a long line in a range that extends from northern California up through British Columbia; it’s where the earth’scrustal plates collide.  Through repeated volcanic eruptions, Mount Mazama grew for some half million years to a height of over 12,000 feet. …

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