The end of day one of our vacation we stayed in Klamath Falls. That evening, we met up with friends we had met on a very special trip we took to Korea almost 5 years ago. Joy and Ben picked up their son Dominick in Seoul, Korea from Holt International at the same time Ammon and I went to pick up Nathan. We spent some time shopping with them during the week and then shared our very long airplane ride home with them and our sons! We have stayed in contact some over the past few years through Christmas cards and limited emails…but knowing we were heading south and through Klamath Falls to Lakeview, we decided to try and connect with them again. It was fun spending an evening together, sharing our Korea memories and just letting the kids play together. We hope that there will be more visits in the future.
During our short visit, we learned that Dominick and Nathan were quite different in personality. Dominick is quite outgoing and energetic. Nathan was shy and stayed fairly close to mom and dad though he was happy to see his “friend from Korea” he met as a baby. Annie enjoyed meeting Lily and Riley, Dominick’s older sisters (who also stayed home with family while mom and dad went to Korea).
Ben and Dominick with Ammon and Nathan at pizza!
OK…so I couldn’t help from including a picture of Nathan (left) and Dominick (right) during our trip home from Korea. It’s so hard to believe it was almost 5 years ago!
That night we stayed in Klamath Falls. We were all tired and crashed after getting back from pizza with Ben, Joy, Riley, Lily and Dominick. However, the next morning the kids didn’t sleep long. Knowing that there was an indoor pool, they were up and ready to go! Unfortunately, Dad had forgotten his swimming attire so mom took Annie and Nathan swimming. Both of the kids acted as fish for a good hour and we had a blast!
After eating our continental breakfast we were able to get on the road again by 10:30am! It was a beautiful day and the roads to Crater Lake were dry the entire way…however there were walls of snow on each side of the road the entire way up to the crater. 
About midway up to Crater Lake we parked and played in the snow for a while! Mommy came prepared with snow gear, however the weather was so nice we only pulled out the gloves and snow hats and those came off fairly quickly! Though the gloves stayed on long enough for each child to nail their parents with snowballs!
I don’t think Crater Lake has ever looked more beautiful! This is the first time Ammon or I had been to the lake during the winter months!
Ammon captured this picture of the icicles melting…I just had to put it in! So cool!
Nathan and Annie were such good travelers! Unfortunately we had to keep Annie medicated (with Dramamine for her motion sickness) which often caused her to fall asleep. I love this picture we got of her asleep with her lollipop in her mouth.
And so we drive on…east towards Lakeview!
What a beautiful day to see Crater Lake in March 2010. I'm so happy that you all were able to experience the most translucent blue in all the world at Crater Lake with an amazingly perfect backdrop--contrasting deep snow and an oh so blue sky and sun. So much fun for all of you--Road Trips are just the BEST! Love, Grandpa Gordie
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