Crater Lake & Floating the River

We're continuing on our fun adventures here in beautiful Central Oregon.  :)

On our list of things to do before the end of the summer was to float the Deschutes River through town.  So, a couple weeks ago on a beautiful near 90 degree day, we loaded up the boys, rented some tubes and did just that.  Since we were on/in the water, I don't have any photos, but a fun time was had by all.  Gavin wasn't so sure about it, but he did enjoy pointing out the ducks that were floating the river with us.

We also took a trip down to Crater Lake National Park a couple weeks ago.  Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the US and the 6th deepest lake in the world.  It is beautiful. 

A little historical information on the forming of the lake.

A look down towards the lake.  It is a little bit of an adventure to take small children there.  There is only one place where you can actually hike down to the lake (which we did not do) and every other spot is an overlook with very steep drop-offs.

We took a short little hike up to a neat look out.  Gavin fell fast asleep on the way back down, making for a very short nap day.  He is in the phase where even a 5 minute nap will count as his nap for the day.  Not a fun phase.

It is really impressive.

There is a lodge available to stay at right near the lake, numerous hikes, and a boat tour on the lake.  It would definitely be fun to go back again when the kids are a little bit older and might enjoy it more.

I also have to note, that while the pictures are absolutely beautiful, it was a bit of a trying day.  Gavin woke up that morning with a cold and was feeling somewhat miserable.  Elijah woke up with a bad attitude that he was not able to shake for the majority of the day.  Although, chocolate chip cookies did help improve the temperament of both children.  We are grateful that we were able to take the little day trip to see some of God's amazing creation.