A spectacular Day

August 12
Miles driven 248
Another chilly night but we got up early and packed up camp and headed out to what can only be described as a hidden paradise called Crater lake. . We drove through the redwoods as we left and got that classic sunlit fog through trees and another windy road. There are evidently a ton of these out here.

Crater lake is just magnificent. We couldn’t stop taking pictures. I was super excited from the get go. . When we showed up we saw that there was only gas station on the whole site so we stopped there first. It turned out that this was out of order as the whole park was without power. Luckily the whole park is designed to be experienced off the rim drive. The rim drive circles this Glacier Lake, which is the definition of pure blue. Its unique landscape was formed by some ancient volcanic activity.

There are two islands floating in this super deep lake that is 1900 feet deep and has had some living moss at 750 feet below surface showing how pure the water is. So we experienced this breathtaking beauty with tons of driftwood and windblown white pines surrounding the rim.

We then departed, survived the gas shortage and set up camp at the Diamond Lake national Recreation Area Campground, which was one of our favorite campgrounds by far. We were right on the lake as the sunset and the campground was very spread out so it felt like we had the lake to ourselves.

We got everything set up in daylight and cooked dinner and lunch for the following day and then we got to enjoy a great fire and spectacular stars. And what a night to experience star, as there was a meteor shower that was amazing at such an open area and so rural. All and all possibly the most perfect day yet with the perfect mix of relaxing and awe inspiring beauty

We have 9 days left and that is longer then most people’s vacation in its own right and we are just hitting our camping/vacationing rhythm.