On another trip to Paradise............our father drove us up to Diamond lake in So. Oregon..........he liked Nat. Parks...............my mother told me i went to Yosemite as a kid........i don't remember.......................i don't remember all that much from before my parents divorced...........and us living in the bay area........other than collecting snails for the goose we had and the two mallard ducks..................the goose's name was Samantha...........and they also had two mallard ducks........and some chicken coops in the back yard...............and after it rained we would collect snails to feed them.........i remember watching cartoons and my parents fighting...............which was pretty much the only thing that ever happened in my family..........to include my maternal grandparents..................

Diamond Lake
Lake in Oregon
Diamond Lake is a natural body of water in the southern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies near the junction of Oregon Route 138 and Oregon Route 230 in the Umpqua National Forest in Douglas County.Wikipedia
Surface elevation: 5,183′
Area: 4.413 mi²
Length: 3.48 mi
Width: 1.491 mi
Mean depth: 23.95′
Primary outflows: Lake Creek
Basin countries: United States of Am