Another Cathedral of Trees On the Way Down To The South.

…“We wind down out of the park to the south. .. “ (Cont. Next)

Crater Lake National Park, OR. Because I have not, yet, completely adjusted myself to the quality/value standards of the Narrator, I really enjoyed my 6 hours within the park. As a measure of how thrilled I was, I ended up taking 50 photos in Crater Lake Park.

…On An Earlier Trip This Way =>
…I well remember my trip to Crater Lake in February of 1989. My son and I almost did not make it up there. On the road up, there was a considerable amount of hard packed snow, topped with a coating of new slippery snow. My van wheels slipped so badly on the hard packed snow & ice, I almost could not go forward!
…When we got to the crater, I remember the landscape was covered with deep snow and the visitor center was surrounded by huge mounds pushed off the parking lot pavement. While there, we experienced very dark, cloudy, stormy skies with cold blustery wind. Everything was white with the snow, including the frozen lake and the surrounding crater walls.
…Our windy cold winter scene was a real disappointment, and can’t possibly compare to the summertime beauty of the blue, blue lake, contrasting with surrounding mountains and green trees. Even the high altitude, pure deep black-blue sky is part of the Summer thrill.
…Although stormy high altitude,Winter at Crater Lake was bitterly cold, it was beastly hot as soon as we reached lower elevations and back into the bright desert sun - especially Klamath Lake in midafternoon.
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