Dimitrios heard on his obsessive watching of the bike forums that Crater Lakewas open to cyclists and hikers only this past weekend. It was a rare occasion as the snow has melted earlier this year than any other year. So we moved some stuff around in our busy life schedules to make the trek (it's five hours one way) to Crater Lake and back in one night and a day. Yes it was a bit grueling near the end (I crashed pretty quickly after showering when we got home) but...it's something we have been meaning to do since we lived here as we heard the experience actually seeing the lake is amazing...and well. It is.
Dimitrios was a trooper and sherpa'd the bike bag the whole way on our ride around the lake. The highest point we climbed was 7708 feet (higher than the city of Denver..WOW) and you could feel it in your lungs going up that beast. The ride we did is here (http://ridewithgps.com/
These photos have not been photo shopped at all. I have done nothing with them. Crater Lake is seriously that beautiful and seriously an experience to uh...experience. We want to go again, maybe even rent out one of the cabins they had in the National Forest (they only allow swimming in ONE area of thelake and usually just in July/August..and even then, the water is between 55-60 degrees so..you don't swim for very long me thinks.)..
If you want to look up more information on Crater Lake (yes it was a volcano that went boom, but there is SO MUCH MORE!!) then to to this link:
http://www.nps.gov/crla/index.
If you want to look up more information on Crater Lake (yes it was a volcano that went boom, but there is SO MUCH MORE!!) then to to this link:
http://www.nps.gov/crla/index.
But now, let's show some photos! :)
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