Just a quick note: we're heading back to the cell phone zone, this time in Bend. I'll be updating the blog tonight (Pacific Time) with a big entry about Crater Lake.

For, let it suffice to say: Crater Lake National Park is indescribably beautiful! We could not stop taking pictures. I have about 200 to download to my laptop and sort through. Put this one on your "must-see" list -- with a few caveats that I'll describe in the next blog entry.

From a roadside stop along the Cascade Lakes Highway, 30 miles south of Bend...