Loneliness and Memories

June 2, 2007

I never knew what loneliness felt like but now I know. My sister and brother-in-law are on a cruise and I'm in this huge house all alone. For 32 years Rich and I did everything together .. even going to doctors, etc. and now I'm solo ... and I don't like it.
My shingles are still making their ugly presence known .. I've had them since April 20th and I'll be so very glad when they're totally gone! I'm surprised by how many people I know, have had them ... I'm going to get the vaccination just as soon as I'm over them! I don't want to go through this again ...
Here's another photo of Rich and I ... this time at Crater Lake ... a sparkling gem in southern Oregon.

Few places on earth command overwhelming awe from observers, but Crater Lake, in south central Oregon, certainly does. Even in a region of volcanic wonders, Crater Lake can only be described in superlatives. Stories of the deep blue lake can never prepare visitors for their first breathtaking look from the brink of this 6 mile wide caldera which was created by the eruption and collapse of Mt. Mazama almost 7,000 years ago. Even seasoned travelers gasp at the twenty-mile circle of cliffs, tinted in subtle shades and fringed with hemlock, fir, and pine: all this in a lake of indescribable blue.

Today, the nation's fifth oldest national park serves to stand as a memorial to time. In 1902, Congress decided that Crater Lake and its surrounding 180,000 acres were to be "dedicated and set apart forever as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States."