Crater Lake, OR

Crater lake is surely one of Oregon's maybe the world's greatest treasures. Words cannot describe the beauty of this place. The water glistens a deep blue, reminiscent of the sparkling eyes of Dumbeldore. We took a trip by boat to the island within the lake fittingly called wizard's island. Later came my proudest moment of the trip, when Melissa jumped off of the 22ft rock face into the cold majestic waters. The place was just amazing. Again, we had a lot of great photos but many of them were lost in the mysterious malfunction. There is a video of Mel making her jump that I will try to post on youtube and I will send the link later. For now I will include the one picture of me making the jump but Mel looked a lot better. Love Mel -n- b

Rosewood Manor

Well, it has taken some time to get back to the computer. I am writing from Northern California but we have covered many miles since our last entry. Just outside of Seattle we stayed for some time with Graham, Willow, and Raven Travis. We were welcomed into the Rosewood Manor where they live with 10 other people. The house is really an old mansion that has been renovated by the inhabitants. The house is beautiful and emanates a sense of welcoming and serenity. Graham and Willow were wonderful hosts and we were so thankful for the time we spent together. Sadly, many of the pictures we took from that part of the trip were lost due to a camera malfunction. Additionally, our next part of the adventure (the Oregon Coast) was lost as well. Keep looking for pictures from here on. Lots of love, Mel -n- b