One Park, One Museum, One Stamp at a Time
A Beautiful DetourAfter spending a few days on Orcas Island in Washington state, my wife and I headed south for the next portion of our big summer road trip. We had a wedding to attend in Southern California at the end of the week and planned to spend a few days driving south. On our ferry ride off of Orcas, we spent some time looking at an Oregon map and deciding where we wanted to camp out for the night. We decided on Oregon Highway 138 as our destination, this scenic byway runs along the North Umpqua River and features numerous National Forest campgrounds. We pulled into the Eagle Rock Campground just as darkness was beginning to set in. We enjoyed a campfire before calling it a night. In the morning we set off for Crater Lake National Park; highway 138 connects to the park's north entrance. We had a long drive ahead of us so we did not spend a tremendous amount of time in the park but we were very pleased with the decision to detour to Crater Lake. June is still fairly early in the season at Crater Lake so many of the trails were still snowed in and the boat was not yet running. These facts helped ease our minds at how little time we were going to spend in the park. We stopped at a few view points over the lake and got some great pictures from different angles. We were hoping to hike The Watchman trail but it is still closed with snow. We made our way to Rim Village and walked along the path along the rim for awhile and took in as much of the crystal blue water our time crunch could allow. I had visited Crater Lake as a child as was glad that my memory was not exaggerated, Crater Lake was just as beautiful as I had hoped. New Units Visited: 1
Crater Lake NP Total Affiliated Areas This Year: 11 Total Units: 39
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
NPS Units:
|