Day 2: We knew we were in Oregon when we saw these.
TREES!! Everywhere! As we were driving through the forest I couldn't help but think, what if one of these fell down right now? I decided to quit thinking about that! So I changed directions and began singing Ke$ha's "Timber". Looking back, that was probably not the best idea either. Nevertheless, we made it! We started our national park tour on day 2 of our road trip with Crater Lake National Park.
It was beautiful! The water was so blue.
We decided to go for a hike up Garfield Peak so we could get another view of the lake.
As we were hiking, we got a good view of the Phantom Ship.
It's really just an island popping up, but it does kind of look like a ship, don't ya think?
As we were hiking, we discovered something unbelievably crazy to us Arizonans-snow, in July! I hadn't seen snow all winter except for the couple days I was home around Christmas.
Then we got to hike through the snow. Little did we know hiking through the snow would become a regular occurrence on this summer road trip.
We hiked to 8054 feet and made it to the top!
Look who else made it.......................
OLAF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We hung out at the top for several minutes,
snapped some pictures,
and took a step back to really revel in the beauty that is America.
To head back down, we had to use the same path we used to get up which meant hiking back over the more snow. Basically, this is how we got down. It was kind of a mix between sledding and surfing. And it was a little bit cold!
Then we checked out the rest of the park which included a pretty spectacular waterfall,
and more incredible views.
Then we took a hike down to the bottom.
It was amazing!
That completed our journey at Crater Lake so we headed north. We were able to cross off another state-Washington!!
Normally I don't mention the hotels we stay in, but I had to share this one. It was the most adorable place ever!
We stayed in this little tiny Washington town that was built around the hotel.
It was so cute-inside and out!
Day 2 was one amazing day. Cannot wait to share day 3 with all of you. If you can believe it-each day gets better! Stay tuned!! :)
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