Last Sunday we awoke to a massive feast prepared by our Inn keeper: eggs to order, sausage, grits, fruit salad, yogurt, pastries. We drove the varied landscape out of the flat, mountain-circled, sunny valley, into the thick forests with just snowy patches on the ground and within 30 minutes were at elevation 6,178 ft at Crater Lake with 4 feet of snow everywhere. Where last summer we took pics behind a guard rail, we now stood above the height of the guard rail with no protection from the rim except your own good judgement. Rangers told us that about 50% of the time in the winter, the lake is obscured by clouds, but we had a wonderful clear sunny morning and minimally cloudy afternoon.
In the distance across the lake the craggy point is Mount Thielsen. We'd seen the back side of it the day before on our drive to the springs. It looks like the mountain the Grinch slides down to Whoville. (bottom picture) This week was even busier! Just wait.
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| Mt. Thielsen |
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