Okay, time for a little post-summer vacation clean up. Let me bring you all up-to-date on my super vacation in Sunriver. Papa and Nana came for a few days and we celebrated Papa's birthday with him. My friends from Seattle, Colin and Alexa, were there, too. We played tennis, swam in the pool a lot, rode our bikes a lot and saw a lot of deer - one night they crossed right behind the house! One of the most fun things we did was rent a canoe and paddle down the Deschutes River. The people at the marina only gave Mommy and Daddy paddles but I commandeered Mommy's paddle and helped Daddy out for most of the journey so Mommy could put her feet up and enjoy floating down the river. A family of deer right alongside the river stopped and watched us go past.
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| Hanging out at the pool with Alexa & Colin |
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| Look - no hands! |
On the trip up we stopped at Crater Lake and I got a junior ranger badge for participating in a Park Ranger talk. I couldn't believe how blue the water is. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in North America and it is so blue because of its depth and because it filled with fresh water, just rain or snow melt. There are no rivers that feed into or out of Crater Lake. A huge volcano, Mount Mazama, collapsed and created the caldera that is Crater Lake (see, I learned a lot!)
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| Posing with Wizard Island in the background |
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| Earning my ranger badge |
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| Saying Good-bye to Colin |
