Crescent Moon through the hop trellis

Balloon Rally

Bear Grass gone

White Coral Bells upon a Slender Stalk

Parachute Games

wind power has been used for a long time

kayak ride

Wild Columbine

Shadow

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.

Kayaking Kousins

Cousin Camp Annual Chess Tournament

Anthony (left) won this game. He had some rather creative moves. Nate is beyond patient with his younger cousins. The annual cousin camp chess games are informal. (This year a bracket was actually drawn up but never used.)

Ma, we're hungry--Ma! MA!

Swans (or Geese)

Who am I?

Cormorants

I will just walk by on my stilts and...

...pretend you are not sitting there on that log.

Peter

Coyote in city park?

We debated whether it was a coyote or a dog. This is a city sponsored riparian bird preserve and park.  Dogs supposed to be on leash--but of course dogs get off leash from time to time. And coyotes are dogs. What do you think?

Walking on Stilts

Benihaha

king

red dragonfly

Work your way through

Cactus Wren at Home

Make Tracks

Lashing

cones deconed

Chipmunks been here!

Petals on the Street

Hat in the Window

Alpaca

Such cute faces. I wonder if they spit like llamas and camels do.

What do you mean you have work to do?

crane

And now, in the shadow of the Phantom Ship

Our boat ride took us up close and personal to the Phantom Ship.

Phantom Ship--no, this one is not a duplicate

Phantom Ship

The Phantom Ship is an island in Crater Lake.

Devil's Backbone

This is a "fin" on the rim of the Crater Lake caldera. Harder volcanic rock that did not erode away when Mt. Mazama collapsed in on itself.

Crater Lake Sunset

What are you carrying in those pouches?

Devil's Backbone

A spectacular volcanic "fin" along Crater Lake's caldera.

Pine Marten

A special treat during a wildflower hike.

Crater Lake with approaching sunset



Because of wildfires in southwestern Oregon, the visibility was hazy during much of our visit.

prepping the telescope

Western Anenome seedheads

Looking for America

There is something about county courthouses in small rural counties that says America as much as apple pie and Mom. When I stopped to take the picture, Simon and Garfunkel were singing that they had "come to look for America." When I mentioned that in my "I'm home safe" e-mail to the group I spent the weekend with, one of them responded "Simon and Garfunkel were playing in Dayton? How did we miss them?"

waterfall detail

waterfa

Dewey Lake

new gateway

anenome--seed heads at this time of year at this altitude