Crater Lake

Park Entrance



Lots of Deep Snow Remaining



Cascade Mountain Road Signs



Crater Lake



Crate Lake (6 miles across)



"Yup, that's one big lake."



"Let me see."




A Southern View from the Rim

Date: Saturday, June 26th
Day: 43
RV Miles: 4,223
Location: Prospect, OR (Near Crater Lake)
Elevation: 2556 ft

Well we managed to get to Prospect, OR yesterday without anything interesting happening and we landed in a beautiful heavily wooded campground. Temperatures are in the 60’s. A little before noon today, we all piled in the car and headed off on the 40 mile trip to Crater Lake National Park. There are two things about this part of the country I will never forget. Everywhere there are rich dense forests and you are never far away from the sound of moving water, be it s simple brook or a white-water river. A friend of Larry’s told him that this was God’s country and I think he was right.

The trip to Crater lake included a climb in elevation of about 6,000 feet with the normal amount of mountainous roads and switchbacks. Larry’s driving so inspired Marsha that she made Larry stop and get out so she could drive. She said, “It will help calm my nerves.”

Many of the mountains in the Cascades are still snow covered and some of the roads in the park are still closed due to snow (the park gets over 500 inches of snow per year). One of the curious things about the roads was that the signs were always 10 to 15 feet up in the air so they could be seen over the snow in the winter.

Formed by a volcano thousands of years ago Crater Lake is something to see. When you look at the photos you have to remember that the other side of the lake is 5 to 6 miles away. The deep blue color of the lake is due to the purity of the water and its depth (1,600 feet).