When you get a few clouds in the evening sunsets can be spectacular.
The first set was from July on our back deck. The second set was late August when Kelly and I hiked the trail just outside of our neighborhood.
What a fun week we had with Erin, LuLu, Charlotte and Anna. The girls signed up for a horse camp and loved every minute of it. It was so fun to all be together.
Interesting fact. Since living in Oregon we have never been to Crater lake at least in the summer time. Hunter and I winter camped there a few years back in 2022, but its just been one of those things where its been a bit of a drive for a day. Anyhow with Addie - Hunter’s girlfriend here we decided to make a day trip and it was great to see it.
Great weather and great views of the Lake!
We also parked (along with the masses) and hiked down to Cleetwood cove - the steep (and only) trail that takes you down to the waters edge and took a swim in the frigid waters. Helped that the weather was hot. To be honest, it was cold but not the coldest water i have felt before - it felt good given the temps.
The Gormly crew came to visit us. They stayed a few nights in Caldera Springs which is right outside of Sunriver. We couldn’t have asked for better weather.They got to play at their beautiful resort in the pool and we also got to do a hike around Paulina Lake to the hot springs. Preston and Abbie were at camp but even without them we still all managed to have fun together.
The caldera XC team made state again this year. Weather much nicer than last year!
First snow on the mountains (light dusting at our house in the morning), a fire in the fireplace.
Visible each night after sunset the second half of the month. Really cool to see.
Beautiful August day picking berries in the hood river valley and some cider tasting!
Hunter, Preston and I went for a day hike on the west side of the Sisters mountains. We did about 10-11 miles on a loop that took us to some mountain lakes and to the top of Scott Mountain (6116 ft).
Hand Lake - first lake on the loop.
This is called the wagon trail. Before there was a road over the pass a trail was hacked out through miles of lava in the late 1800’s that you can still see today - only sparse vegetation growing.
The summit of Scott Mountain. Great views of the sisters slightly subdued due to the smoke in the air.
Benson Lake is a beautiful swimming lake in the mountains. I took Hunter and Noah here on an overnight backpack when they were younger in 2015.
This year we headed up to Elk Lake for July 4 to best the heat in town. It was an amazing relaxing day.
