http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Oregon , Crater Lake en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 21:19:40 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 21:19:40 +0000 As promised Terry and I returned to the head rock with pedestrian tunnel in Oceanside OR. And yes we both made it through as the photo testifies. We enjoyed the private beach at the end of the tunnel. Our thanks to the Rosenberg family who started digging it in 1926 just so they could enjoy that beachOn our road trip by car we discovered the Sea Lion Caves between Florence and Newport. We desc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-443924.html Irsquom composing this first blog entry sitting on the window seat in our room at the Crater Lake Lodge watching dusk arrive. The sky above the rim of the lake is tinged with pink and the normally vivid blue water has turned a steely gray. We just came up to our room from enjoying a glass of Tolosa Pinot and watching the changing light from the rocking chairs which line the patio behind the L http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-438983.html Crater Lake National Park is a fascinating place. The whole area is part of the Pacific circle if fire there are loads of volcanoes around all inactive at least for the moment. Crater lake lies inside a volcanic basin caldera and was created when Mount Mazama collapsed 7 700 years ago following an eruption.There is a lake in the crater very deep with beautiful blue water.As you will see on th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-436937.html On our way to see our friends in Oregon we drove over to Crater Lake National Park. Many years have passed since I first saw this magnificent lake from an airplane a worthy rival to Lake Tahoe Lake Lucerne Lake Geneva and Lake Titicaca. Crater Lake National Park was formed by strong volcanic activity. We are in Southern Oregon in the Cascade Mountain range about 100 miles east of the Paci http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-426561.html Crater Lake was our first camping experience without men. No Juan Rambo to wake us with hot coffee and a brush up with mountain lionbear survival skills. No Texas Red and splitting a bottle of wine three waysthe bottle was up to us this time. Building a fire was all ours. Scaring the bears with the manliest and growliest yawps we could muster was our task alone. Juan Rambo told us and we http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-424315.html July 24th Crater Lake ORWe woke up early and we didn't have much to do to get our day started as we had slept in the parking lot of the National Park. We got our money back and some coffee to go and headed off to see Crater Lake. We had to make it to the trailhead to hike down to the lake to take the boat tour.We stopped at a few lookouts to get our first look at Crater Lake. We were not dissapoi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-422760.html Our drive through eastern Oregon to Crater Lake gave a full impression of the hardships that lined the original Oregon Trail. Even today in 2009 the state is made very difficult to navigate through due to lack of signs constant road work and rollercoaster roads. The most shocking thing was the change from desert to volcano to nearrainforest weather. The moisture in the air went from nonexis http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-421910.html We had so much fun taking the kids to Crater Lake Oregon and we have decided that we are going to make this a yearly trip. There is so much to do and it is very relaxing. We got a late start yesterday. Jon did not get home until 415 and we got out the door at 430 om. I had everything all packed and ready to go and we were all very impatient to get there and were very glad when he got home. I ha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-418620.html Ann and I embarked on our 10day loop tour of British Columbia Washington and Oregon on Friday June 26. We visited the Okanagan Valley to enjoy some wine tasting and purchased more than we were supposed to for our later US border crossing. We continued on to Nelson where they were holding an after work festival in honour of our arrival. We stayed at a fantastic BB called the Cloudside Inn whic http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-418268.html Drove to Crater Lake today. Beautiful Blue lake in the top of a volcano cone. Believe it or not about two thirds of the drive around the lake was closed because of snow but what I was able to see was really cool. Going to take a leisurely drive up the Oregon coast tomorrow and will be spending the night and the next day in a hostel on the norther Oregon coast. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-412996.html We left Winnemucca at 630 am knowing we had a LONG drive. Once on the road we were very happy we took the advice of the woman at the Elko Visitor's center and found a room in Willamucca. When she said there was nothing after Winnemucca she meant there was NOTHING We probably would have ended up sleeping in the car on the side of the road not good for a relationship. 140 is a drive you want to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-405232.html We had read an article about Crater Lake in one of our RV magazines about 8 years ago and had decided definitely to put it on our ldquobucket list.rdquo Thursday was my day to add to my bucket. I am staying in La Pine which is at 4000rsquo elevation. I donrsquot know what I was expecting certainly not what I found. The land around the park is very flat so the first thing I saw when I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-328326.html Crater Lake ORI must admit I had never heard of Crater Lake OR maybe that made it even better. The water was an intense blue color and the views were spectacular to say the least or at least that is what the video at the visitorrsquos center said. It rained very heavy both night's and was very foggy in the mornings. We went for a ride but the visibility was about 20 feet so we headed back to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-314840.html A three hour drive further east from Sutherlin OR brought us to Crater Lake National Park. Crater Lake is basically an old Volcano that erupted about 7700 years ago then collapsed in on itself and then filled up with rain and snow. Itrsquos the deepest lake in the country and it probably the bluest lake we will ever see. We spent most of the day driving around the rim of the crater stopping http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-313553.html 3rd July 2008. On this first day of Ashadha Ashadhamase prathama divase the 3rd July 2008 we started for a visit to Crater Lake which is at a distance of about 450 Miles from Fremont CA. Another family Mr.Sandeep Gandhi a colleague of my son Sridhar also participated in this tour. We my wifeGirija sonSridhar dinlawAnupama and their two sons kids of the ages of five http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-309782.html We were up early at the Rouge River Inn and had breakfast at the hotel with lots of Amish people from Ohio. Once out the door we headed toward Crater Lake. It was a lovely ride through some more redwoods and alot of National Park land. As we entered the Crater Lake area and stopped at the guard station to pay up ahead a deer walked across the road with two little ons trailing behind her. We http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-302565.html On the way to Portland we decided to take a roundabout route to swing by crater lake. We felt slightly foolish when we realized there were FEET of snow on the ground and we were wearing shorts. Also got extremely lost on our way out as multiple roads were closed due to the fact that apparently there june winter snow was blocking them and had to drive hours out of the way to get to portland http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-285309.html After Stewart Springs I ventured through the remaining miles of California. This is where a simple idea such as a road trip turns into something very different where whole governments and people change while the landscape remains the same. It was almost like going uphill the dry and expansive Pacific Coast I know in California became intimate and lush. The terrain was defined by forested h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-212174.html 070915 Crater Lake National Park OregonI almost missed seeing this. I was planning on driving up the coast from southern Oregon to Portland but as I was driving I saw signs for this national park. Irsquove heard about it before but didnrsquot even think of it as I was planning my weekend. Luckily I had camped just about 30 minutes outside of Klamath Falls. When I entered the city and sa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-209609.html Travel Trivia Question and it is an easy one. What is the picture of And you can't say a field. It's a specific type of field.Bonus Question Where was this picture taken. As in state and location within the state. The most specific answer wins so adding cities towns etc. to your answer will improve your chances or not depending.Susan has racheted up the quality of the gifts mainly beca http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Crater-Lake/blog-205955.html