Crater Lake

Last weekend we spent 3 days at Crater Lake National Park. We camped at the campground in Mazama Village, which is about 7 miles from the Lake and the lodge. It was a very nice campground - clean, quiet, roomy campsites. On friday we hiked part way around the lake. Took some photos, but they do not do the lake justice. Sun was bright and they make it look a little faded.
Friday night we tried eating dinner at a new restaurant (the only restaurant near the campground) called Annie Creek Restaurant. It was terrible. As we had planned to eat there both nights, we ended up eating crackers and cheese and tomatos in the campground Saturday night.

Saturday we hiked a trail near the campground, into Annie Creek Canyon. It was a great hike and fantastic scenery. We thought the trail looked a little like a mini version of the World's Most Dangerous Road. Which is ever present on our minds.



Baba, Sue, David and Blaine were also at Crater Lake, but they all stayed in the Lodge. They had to get reservations several months in advance, which we didn't want to do, which is why we stayed at the campground. Sue went on the hike with us. David and Blaine climbed Mt. Thielsen on Saturday. Saturday afternoon, Rich, Baba, Sue & I drove around the lake. It was magnificent. In the late afternoon smoke from nearby forest fires blew up and made it kind of hazy and smoky.

We also drove to Diamond Lake, where Baba had gone as a child, because she really wanted to go there again. Rich and I and the boys had been camping there once, in 1995, when our kitty was a baby. We took her with us and she went for a hike with us on a leash.

All in all, a nice trip. On the way home we stopped at several places along the Umpqua River, between Crater Lake and Roseburg. Beautiful.