A photo( and occasional sketch) diary to monitor my culture shock from my move from a West Coast urban city to a beautiful and very small rural community in The Great North West. ***Click on pics for larger image. Updated every week, if we're lucky.***

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

6. The Long Drive North

The drive is long, but we're a day ahead of the moving truck so Que and I try to relax and enjoy the trip. I am easily amused by road side attractions such as this...


We are often flanked by speeding logging trucks...


Sign says, "Please yield to bears crossing." Okay, no problem...



On our way out of Bend I notice the radio station is playing obscure follk music. I'm starting to feel like I'm in a different state...

Wheat, alfalfa, wheat, alfalfa, mystery crop, corn, wheat, wheat, and some more corn...


Since we planned a day ahead of our moving truck, we have time to stop for the night at the gorgeously austere Crater Lake...


A closer look at some beautiful black basalt on the rim of the crater...


...and breakfast with the boys before we get back on the road again...

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