It's still cold and snowy in western New York, but we've had fabulous weather in southern Oregon. Sarah, Tracy, and I visited Harry and David's flagship store in Medford on Friday and took the factory tour.
We had a wonderful tour guide. The production line moves so quickly it's hard to believe how fast some of the basket packers can work! We loved watching them make Moose Munch and arrived just as the caramel mixture reached the right temperature for adding the popcorn and nuts.
We came home with three different kinds of Moose Munch along with quite a few other goodies.
I loved their old pick-up on display. Harry and David (and the Medford region) are renowned for their pears which they used as a decoration on the truck rails.
While we were on the tour, the guide asked me what we had been doing while we were visiting here. I mentioned that I'd love to have gone to Crater Lake, but that it wasn't a particularly great time to visit. She said she'd talked to several folks that had been there that week, and that it was wonderful. We checked the weather, and discovered the temperature for Crater Lake on Saturday was supposed to be in the 50's, so after breakfast at The Breadboard in Ashland, Sarah, Tracy, Caleb and I took off for Crater Lake. Adam opted to stay at home and get some quiet time. The drive from Ashland to Crater Lake is wonderful. Despite the warm temperatures, there is still a LOT of snow at Crater Lake. The annual snowfall there is 44 ft. (the equivalent of over an inch of snow falling every single day!)
After some time at the visitor center, we headed up to the Rim. Crater Lake is reputedly the cleanest water in the world. Crater Lake gets no water from rivers or streams, so all the water comes from the sky. According to the newsletter, it's cleaner than the water that comes from your faucet at home.
I love this panorama taken with my iPhone!
Thanks to a kind offer from another visitor we have a nice family photo from the event.
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