Oregon Beauty

Yesterday we spent one of the most beautiful days in Oregon. Except for a little accident that resulted in me only being able to type with one finger :D

Early in the morning, I decided to go for a run in the park in Corvallis. After about 5m, I stumbled over an unexpected rise on the sidewalk and kissed the asphalt directly. Lovely. Both of my knees scraped, my elbows bloody, and both hands as well. First, I cried on the ground for a short moment, and then decided to just walk through the park like that. Keep it together, Anna, it can't be that bad. So I walked my round through the park, with my arms slightly stretched out, and enjoyed the sunrise over the already quite dry grass.

Back again, then came the most beautiful moment. The dirt had to come out. Oh my God, well, I have fallen before, but when someone washes the dirt out of your hands, it's not a party anymore. Disinfection, bandage wrapping, that's how my Friday morning looked. With this outfit, we then set off for Crater Lake. During the drive, I dealt several times with disinfection, beta-cream, and a new bandage. Not that easy when you basically don't have a free hand :D

After 3 1/2 hours, we reached Crater Lake. Crater Lake swallows your words... I stood at this viewpoint and was simply speechless by a beauty that you only know from postcards. And it's true. Imagine someone positioning an oversized Crater Lake postcard in front of you and telling you that it's part of this world. The sky is blue, the sun is burning on my knees and hands, and then there is this deep blue lake, about 600m deep, which broke the world record for its clarity. And it deserves it. Definitely. At the edge of the water, you could see the stones in turquoise-colored water.

We took a small round trip along the lake and had a picnic among the trees, surrounded by beautiful birds and voracious chipmunks.

Only one path leads down to the water, which we didn't want to miss despite the shortage of time, and our feet dipped into the cold water. Walking 1.7km down a steep slope is less exhausting than climbing it back up :D especially when you're short on time. But we definitely wanted to see the new IT movie, so it became a sporty affair.

On the way home, we could see the sun setting from the car, and in that moment tears came to my eyes how beautiful this world is and how grateful I am to be able to see all of this. ♡

We made it to the movie just in time ;)