Crater Lake

It was pretty short drive from Medford to Crater Lake. Right now, the campground is almost empty for a Saturday at 4 pm. There a few people here from yesterday, but online it says the campground is full. There's a group of PCT hikers up near the camp store. They are picking up shipments mailed to them by their support people and they pick them up along the way every few weeks. One guy was disappointed to learn his package hadn't made it to the camp store today from the post office.

We drove up to the rim to see if we could eat at the lodge, but they were full. In that case we took the obligatory photos and came back to our campsite to eat a snack.

The sky is a brilliant clear blue today and the water is reflecting that deep sapphire. No snow around, not even up higher on the mountain.

We're here tonight. Its quite cool and there's a gentle breeze. Much more pleasant than Medford. Tomorrow we start across the southeast Oregon desert. We'll stay one night in Burns, OR, halfway to Boise. In Boise, we'll stay 2 more hotel nights (getting soft in the heat) and then to a campground up above Sun Valley in the cooler mountains again.

PS: we saw a Pine Martin tonight on a short walk. Very cool.Read more