We have had a few good days here in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Which, by the way, does not have any falls. It used to until they build a dam for a hydroelectric plant, so no more falls but they have a very large lake as a result.
Monday, we traveled up to Crater Lake National Park which is about an hour and a half from here. Patrick laughed that our “down day” involved a 3 hour road trip. It was well worth it! We had been there before but this time was special with the snow that they had. They received 64 Feet (not a misprint) of snow this year. They don’t expect to get the full park open until late June or July. We were able to get up to the lake and get some gorgeous pictures and just take in the beauty of the place. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the US (1,943 ft at it’s deepest) and has no streams coming into or out of it. All the water comes from precipitation. They have recorded being able to see down into depths of over 100 ft. (140 ft being the record). It is just breath-taking.
Tuesday was a true R and R day and today we went to Lake of the Woods about a half hour from here. We also went on a “stroll” today – Randy doesn’t do hikes. And of course, there was a short loop and a long loop which I thought we should take the long loop. 3.5 miles later, we were back to the Jeep but we did see an eagle and found a cool little geo cache.
Just finished packing up for an early start tomorrow as we have to drive across a good chunk of Eastern Oregon which is very desolate. Plan to get to Idaho tomorrow.
See new pics below.
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