Smoky Hollow
The whims of summer winds scatter the smoke of many forest fires, sometimes thickening the air like noxious fog and other times, like this, bringing only an indistinct haze that ever so slightly shrouded the prominent volcanic peaks and scattered the dawn's warm light, at Sparks Lake, Oregon.
My wife and I were able to take a wonderful trip this summer with both her parents and my own. Appreciating just being together, we weaved around the fire-struck areas, and enjoyed as much time in nature as we could from the coast to the high Cascades. I treasure time with loved ones more than ever these days.
Sparks Lake sits in sort of a high-elevation "valley"--which we could perhaps call a "hollow" in the parlance of some from the eastern mountains--between the many surrounding dormant volcanic peaks of the Sisters, Broken Top and Mt. Bachelor. A revered place to be sure, and rightly so.
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Smoky Hollow
The whims of summer winds scatter the smoke of many forest fires, sometimes thickening the air like noxious fog and other times, like this, bringing only an indistinct haze that ever so slightly shrouded the prominent volcanic peaks and scattered the dawn's warm light, at Sparks Lake, Oregon.
My wife and I were able to take a wonderful trip this summer with both her parents and my own. Appreciating just being together, we weaved around the fire-struck areas, and enjoyed as much time in nature as we could from the coast to the high Cascades. I treasure time with loved ones more than ever these days.
Sparks Lake sits in sort of a high-elevation "valley"--which we could perhaps call a "hollow" in the parlance of some from the eastern mountains--between the many surrounding dormant volcanic peaks of the Sisters, Broken Top and Mt. Bachelor. A revered place to be sure, and rightly so.
Thanks for viewing!