We left for Diamond Lake on Saturday morning. More curvy driving. One thing we noticed were all the green trees. In our area, trees are either decimated by bark beetles or forest fires. This was a nice change.
The family gathering at Diamond Lake included some of Mark's first cousins and extended family/friends. We always call this family the ABDC family, as the first born was Adele (we celebrated her 85th birthday at Diamond Lake), then Betty (also in attendance). Then there was a boy, Dan, and another girl, Connie. At this point they realized they were kind of following the alphabet in naming their children, with that one minor exception. So then came Edith, Florence, Gladys, Howard, Ione (she was at Diamond Lake), Julia and Ken.
The first time we attended a family gathering at Diamond Lake was in 1997, the summer after Aaron's freshman year in college, so it's been a while. We stayed in a little studio, and a lot of the rest stayed across the road in a really gorgeous cabin that accommodated 20, which was good because there were lots of mouths to feed, and it had a gourmet kitchen and lots of seating, both inside and on the decks.
We celebrated milestone birthdays and anniversaries, along with anything else needing some kind of acknowledgement.
The lake and Mt. Thielsen were as beautiful as we remembered.We loved getting to know Adam and Jen better over the weekend.
We stayed at the Crater Lake Lodge, a lovely old lodge.They are reroofing this summer, and the workers are there from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. but we were not in our room during that time so it was not a problem.
This time we did not have to worry about a slanted floor. We had to worry about the slanted ceiling.
The lake was absolutely gorgeous. It is 1,943 feet deep, the deepest lake in the United States and the deepest volcanic lake in the world.
The second morning we were there, the lake was smooth as glass, and the reflections were amazing.
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July 7, 2022 at 10:46 AM
It looks and sounds like a great trip.
The blue of the lake is amazing. Looks like a lovely trip.
Sounds like you had a wonderful trip. Crater Lake looks amazing! Gorgeous photos.
Thanks for the wonderful recap. It was great that you were able to join the festivities.
Crater Lake was beautiful. You were lucky a lot of the time it's fogged in especially in the morning. Your trip looked amazing. Thanks for the guided tour.
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