July 7 - Crater Lake - The night in Eugene

We ate breakfast provided by the Cimmaron Inn in Klamath Falls.  We left town and arrived at Crater Lake about 10:00 AM.  We made a number of stops along the way on the road into the Park and on the way to Rim Village.  Some really beautiful geographic formations and trees.  We were kind of on the early side of visitors coming in, so we were the first to stop at a few overviews.  Others stopped behind us. One was a couple where the wife was from the Baltimore Washington area.
We took the Trolley tour around the Rim of the Lake.  It's a 33 mile drive, with stops and overlooks, but with someone else driving, I also got to enjoy the views.  Really an amazing place. I've said it before and will say it again... there's something spiritual about these incredible natural phenomenon.  I know it's nature and if there is a God, I don't think He or She really cares that much about us.

CRATER LAKE - really too beautiful for words

 We're here and we make our world what it is.  We can't put the onus on a supernatural god or devil for every bad thing that happens.  Nor can we exalt that god for being responsible for every good thing.  Hmmm... see what I mean about "spiritual"?  In any case, Crater Lake was unbelievably beautiful.  We got there when the weather was fantastic.  About 1:00 the sky darkened and the rain started.  We left for Eugene.  A few nice spots along the way and late lunch in Crescent City at a place called Manley's.  Little tavern/poolhall.  The broasted chicken was very good.  We both ate a half chicken!
Got to Eugene, checked into our hotel.  Janice says I was a little cranky.  I probably was.  The hotel seems very nice, but the last 2 actually had better stuff.  The guy at the desk gave me a map and explained how to get to our 2nd floor room - with all our bags, the elevator was a must.  He didn't know the elevator was out of order.  We walked all around the hotel to find a working elevator.  Oh well... maybe it was my "bad mood".
Went to Sam Bond's Garage hoping to see/hear some blue grass.  We each got a cup of cauliflower gargonzola soup (think broccoli cheddar).  Soup was good, but the 9:00 show (open mic) hadn't started by 10:15 PM.  We left.
Tomorrow - Tillamook, the Or coast up to Cannon Beach.  Thursday - heading to Portland!