More What To Do......Part III

The Rogue Gorge was created by the same volcano that made Crater Lake. We just happened upon this right before we found Beckie's as we were returning from our trip to Crater Lake.

In the early 1900's as tourist were making their way to visit Carter Lake they stopped by here to view this beautiful , roaring, dangerous chasm.

It is deepest where I took the this picture. In the early days people would stand at this edge and look down. It was scary enough for me to take thie picture with the railing in place! 410 gallons of water flow each minute at this very spot. The average temperature is 44 degrees. Native fish do not grow to a large size because of the cold. Again, the river is very loud here.

In this same area is nature's Rock Graden. Douglas fir grow in the rocks. The roots are reaching down to the river.

This was a fun find. This is a living stump. When they cut this tree down they did not know its roots were already grafted to the tree beside it. Evidence of its growth is the bark seen on top!

 

All of theseamazing works of nature were in the same area.

Another fun find on our way home was this cute little restaurant. Gary kept seeing signs advertising it which said : Go to Tolly's and leave with a smile. So we decided to take a detour to the little town of Oakland to give it a try.

 This greeted you as you walked in.

The chairs were all wing backs with dollies on them.

It was one of the cutes restraunts I have seen. The sandwich was yummy too and the presentation was equally impressive. Needless to say we did leave with a smile.