Crater Lake 
We drove up to Crater Lake yesterday. It was gorgeous. A beautiful day also. We went for a short hike up to the tallest point on the rim and drove around half the rim. We started from the north and were leaving to the south, so instead of driving around one and a half times, we just picked a way that looked more interesting.
On the north side of the lake was a pumice desert. That was neat. Barely any trees and pumice all over. We stopped a bunch of places along the drive and then left the national park by early afternoon. We are now in Klamath Falls where we are staying for a few days to get some serious work done.
-Miranda


Joe picking up a big rock! (yes, it is pumice.. .)

Joe and I in front of Crater Lake.

Joe looking at the lake. I think he got a panoramic with his camera... If it turned out I'll put it on the site.

Wizard Island which is in Crater Lake.

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Diamond Lake 
Well, we drove quite a bit yesterday and made it to Diamond Lake, which is just north of Crater Lake. We stayed at an RV park because they have internet. Our plan is to head into the park today and see what it's like and whether we have internet there. Then decide if we're just going to spend the day there or a couple days.
This is quite a pretty area. The drive was very nice. We are now at an elevation of about 5000ft and still have to go up to 7000ft to get to Crater Lake.

-Miranda

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Florence in the Morning 
Well, Joe decided it would be best to get the oil change and check out our issue when we go uphill (sounds like it's going to die, so he has to put it into second and go about 25mph). So, while Joe found an auto guy that looked at the engine I worked on fixing some problems in the game.
Turns out, our going uphill problem was a plugged up fuel filter, so we got that changed. Hopefully that will help us out. We'll find out soon being we're heading back into the mountains today.
Then, Joe decided we should really get the oil changed, so we went to another place not too far away and got the oil changed, our fluids all topped off and even all the zurts greased up. Both of these stops ended up being relatively cheap and the guys were really nice.
Then we stopped and filled up on propane and there was a kayak shop less than a block away. We've been needing kayak paddles for our inflatable boat. All we've had is one canoe paddle. They had some decent, not too expensive, kayak paddles. So we bought two of those.
Yay for a productive morning. :)
We are now on our way to Crater Lake National Park.
-Miranda

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Me Surfing 
Last Friday (yes these entries are a little out of order) we went surfing before leaving the campground. Since the sun wasn't directly behind us, Joe decided to try and get some video of me surfing. Nothing too exciting.. I was under a bit of pressure. :)
CLICK FOR VIDEO:Miranda Surfing

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Horse Back Riding 
We went for a 2 hour horse back riding adventure today. It was tons of fun (don't know if Joe felt the same way... :) ) We walked along trails out to the beach, then we got to trot along the beach. There was a Russian family with us. We are staying in Florence at Pacific Pines again so we have good internet for tonight then we are going to head inland and go to Crater Lake National Park.

-Miranda


Us on the beach. Joe's on Tennessee, I'm riding Hercules (he's half Percheron, just won't finish filling out for another couple years).

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