I posted daily during the roadtrip, but you never got to see any pictures! We’ve ordered them and made an album, but in case you don’t come over to look at it, here are a few of my favorites.

This is somewhere near the Idaho/Wyoming border heading to the Grand Tetons. Beautiful hills covered in wheat!

This is at one of the lakes in the Grand Teton National Park.

This is at the West Thumb in Yellowstone, one of the many hot springs. I love the colors.

So I don’t break the frontpage of the Blarg, you have to click the link after this to see the rest.

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Today we visited Crater Lake, about an hour north of Klamath Falls in Oregon. Out of all the sites we’ve seen on our trip, this is by far the most “wow” of them all. The lake is about 6 miles across, and 2000 feet deep in spots. The crater is from an old volcano that basically spewed all the magma it had, and then collapsed. Very neat.

Tonight we went back to Wingers for dinner…again. Stacie got a coupon on our bill last night for a free dessert, so we got that and more wings.

Technically we arrived to Klamath Falls in Oregon today, but the title of my post is about a restaurant called Wingers.

They don’t have any in California, but they have the BEST wings EVER. They were super crispy and the sauce was amazing. I had the spicy fire wings, and they were HOT. My mouth burned and my eyes watered a little. Very good.

Something I must complain about here in Oregon is that it is illegal for a person to pump their own gas. Apparently Oregon and New Jersey think the average citizen is too stupid to pump their gas, so instead they make gas stations hire people to pump your gas. Stupid.

Right now I’m watching my first Dodgers game in a couple weeks, and they’ve been doing terrible. I’d be surprised if they can right the ship and make a run at the playoffs, but they’re in a big transition. They’ve got some awesome young players, and a bunch of fuddy duddies. The old guys look older than they ever have before. Not to mention half the pitching staff is broken.

Tomorrow is Crater Lake. Should be a pretty day and we might do a few short hikes to better see the place.

Today we drove through the John Day Fossil Beds as me made our way South through Oregon. The John Day Fossil Beds are a National Monument, but probably one you’ve never heard of. It was on the way, so we decided to check it out. It was very pretty and unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Here is a great picture of what we saw. Well worth the stop.

Tonight we’re in La Pine, OR, a short drive from Crater Lake and Klamath Lake where we’ll be driving to tomorrow.

Today we made our way to an off the beaten path town called John Day, OR. The main reason we came here is because it’s on our way to Crater Lake in southern Oregon.

This is a small town of 1,800 people, and it’s really interesting. There’s an old church built at the turn of the century. In the mid to late 1800′s people came here to mine gold, and that’s the sole reason this town exists.

We ate at a local restaurant last night, and even that was neat. The waitress that served us had be in her late 30′s, and she identified herself as the “new girl.” What circumstances in your life have made you the new waitress at a local joint in a town of 1,800 people…who knows. At first we were the only people there, but by the time we left, the place was packed. I’m guessing 80% of the people were tourists, but things were buzzing. After dinner we got a blizzard at the Dairy Queen.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we’re on our way towards La Pine, OR, which is another stop on our way to Crater Lake. On the way we’ll be checking out the John Day Fossil Beds. Hope everyone is doing well.

Stacie and I are planning on taking a two week or so road trip (ignore the numbering, those aren’t days) around a portion of the country that neither of us have really traveled. Here’s what the map looks like:

We have a couple main destinations listed below.

(2-3) This is Cedar City in Utah where some friends of ours moved recently. This is a good chance to visit them and see their new house.

(6-11) A large portion of our trip will be the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park. Neither of us have been there, but they both sound awesome.

(16-17) This is Crater Lake, another beautiful and scenic location.

(20-21) This is Monterey. Neither of us have been to the aquarium in years, and this looks like a great opportunity to visit again.

Everything else, at this point anyways, is just a means to get between the main sites. Anywhere you see a yellow box means we have an overnight stay scheduled there. We’re spending a little extra time at each of the above locations, but it would be great to see interesting stuff along the way. So help us out blogosphere (half of which is now in Ecuador and without the internet). Anything we should see along that route, or anything just off the route that is worth the detour?