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Last Monday, we headed back to Crater Lake to get some full moon pictures and saw this beautiful sunset.
One thing Oregon has is plenty of water falls - I have a video with some of them on my YouTube channel, puestads.
Last Friday, I drove over to Crater Lake for a 2-hour cruise. It starts with a hike down to the lake which is about 1.5 miles and 700 feet down - good and "bad". I learned about how the crater was formed and current issues that now effect the lake. They lose about 2 million gallons of water an hour through evaporation and seepage through the caldera below. As of now they are not sure where the water goes as it escapes out of the caldera. The fifth picture is a tree stump that they first saw about 100 years ago but at that time they thought nothing of it, About three years ago Sunday Morning had a small piece about it and then it became "big news". The stump is about 26 feet tall and appears to have a rock stuck in the roots of the tree that keep it standing up. It floats all around the lake.
Cleetwood Cove
Wizard Island
Phantom Ship
The Old Man
Monday, we drove up to Crater Lake for one last look and some hikes - wow's us every time.
View of the Phantom Ship from the Sun Notch Overlook
View from Watchman Peak
The Pinnacles
We went on a day hike up the Rogue River Trail for our last day here. We have never stayed in one place for two weeks before and there is definitely a learning curve with knowing that you do not have to fill each day.
Next stop will be in Susanville, California and a visit to Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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