Taken from over 50 miles (80km) away. The cloud above remained there for a long time creating an impression that smoke was billowing out of the peak. If you carefully notice to the left edge, those two peaks would be South Sister and Mt. Bachelor.

These girls do at times – and I mean only at times – have fun with each other!!!

Pretty impressed with how long the girls lasted. Nikita wanted to go further but the rest were tired enough that we turned around…
[Sharmila, Natasha]

I cannot recollect ever seeing one of these in this country. In India, of course, we grew up with these – at least my very early part of life when we were in a village. We used to call it a “tubewell” (and sometimes “hand tubewell” to differentiate from “deep tubewell” that was becoming common in our farms. I also remember a favorite bath time game (we kids used to gather around such a “tubewell” and some adult would keep pumping and we kids would take turns to take baths from the buckets getting filled) was to get an elder cousin to block the spout with their hands and a couple of pumps later, there would be a huge fountain coming out from the top drenching everybody nearby!!!

Saw it for the first time in my life in US in a rural setting in northern Oregon.

Enjoying wine at the winery with Sharmila listening to the Pranksters. A great example of a bunch of folks who believe that age has nothing to do with having fun. Also that when you are having fun at something, turns out you become pretty good at that stuff too!!!

Aurora Cellars. Great set up outside with live music on. Ok wine…

… they are not playing Pokemon Go and instead using their iPhones for what phones were originally built – taking pictures 🙂