Crater Lake Nat'l Park, Oregon August 25 & 26

Wow! We arrived at Diamond Lake campground which is a very popular place for boating and fishing. We did not have reservations here and were a little nervous that we wouldn't be able to get in. They had one lot left for our size rig and it was perfect! It was a big lot overlooking Diamond Lake and we fell in love with the area. The smell of pine was wonderful and we couldn't get enough of it, along with the pure spring water that everyone tried to gather in their containers. I kept filling my water bottles and took some with us. The temperature was 98 degrees when we arrived, but it was not humid so it wasn't too hot. The temp. went down to 55 degrees when we woke up the next morning and it only got to 66 for the high. We drove to Crater which was breathtakingly beautiful! We had a clear day to see the park and it was spectacular. There aren't enough poetic words in the English language to describe this lake. It is another volcanic mountain. So much mass blew out of the cone that the mountain had no support and it collapsed. As the volcanic activity subsided water began to collect. Springs, rain and snow began to fill the caldera. As the lake deepened and widened, evaporation and seepage balanced the incoming flow. The depth now varies less than three feel annually in this, the Nations deepest lake. The color is so blue, that is doesn't look real. The maximum lake depth is 2000 ft. The width is 6 miles in this lovely 183,224 acre park. We drove the rim and had a picnic overlooking one of the scenic overviews. It was a great day! Love G.&S