Crater Lake

We went to Crater Lake the weekend before last, words cannot describe the beauty we saw while we were there and these pictures do not do it justice. Crater Lake started out as a volcano called Mount Mazama, about 7,700 years ago Mazama erupted and collapsed into itself. Later eruptions formed Wizard Island which is in the lake. Crater Lake is five miles wide and ringed by cliffs almost 2,000 feet high it is 1,943 feet deep which makes it the deepest lake in the US and one of the deepest in the world.

This is a view of Wizard Island.

Crater Lake, look how blue the water is. All the water is rain and melted snow.

Wizard Island from another view.

We found a great little turn off and read books while looking at the lake.

Sunset at a little place we had dinner.

We hiked down to the lake edge and Adam joined the polar bear club, again. It was so cold I only put my feet in.

That is a boat off to the right of us, they have tours around the lake. They load 50 people on a boat and go around the lake for two hours, we almost did it, we are glad we did not once we saw the people get off the boat.

A view from the hike we took to get down to the water.

We stayed at a bed and breakfast called Crystal Wood Lodge. It was out in the middle of no where and Liz, the owner, took great care of us. Liz will take care of your dog while you are gone during the day and Lilly had great fun. Liz has 22 huskies on the property and she finished the Iditarod in Alaska this year. We really enjoyed getting to know Liz. If you are going to Crater Lake you should stay at her B&B. http://www.crystalwoodlodge.com/