continue our trend to find at least one a day. The August
challenge got us all charged up and we have watched
our numbers begin to grow nicely
We then took a couple hikes at Crater Lake today which in total amounted
to about 4 miles total. Crater Lake sees over 500,000 visitors
a year. Since this season is nearly over and the numbers have already
peaked, the park have been almost vacant and we have not had to
fight with any crowds or traffic.The park was established in 1902 and
covers 183,000 acres. The lake is over 1900 feet deep at its deepest point
and stretches over 5 miles wide. They see about 45 feet of snow annually.
Although they see temperatures as low as 18 and highs in the low 30's,
the last time the lake froze over was 1949.
One trail we hiked was the Watchman, it lead to a forest tower where
rangers would look over the park in order to report possible fires. The
high vantage point gave a nice view of Crater Lake at over 8900 feet.
The Plaikni Falls trail took us thru some older forest with a steep
incline toward the falls. The falls were not as awesome as we
had hoped for, but still nice walk.
Vidae Falls was close to the parking area and was a nice sight.
Took a flora detour, the trail was nice but unfortunately the
flowers are more likely to be seen in June thru July.
Overall, the lake and park were just beautiful. I have never seen water
such a deep shade of blue. I could look at it every day and never grow tired
of the same sight.
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