Crater Lake National Park

Sept. 1 -- Sept. 4, 2001

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Crater Lake, 1958 feet deep, is the deepest lake in the United States. Mount Mazama began the climactic eruptions about 7700 years ago. The Mazama magma chamber was emptied and the volcano collasped, leaving a huge bowl-shaped caldera which formed the Crater Lake. No stream runs into or out of the lake, so it is considered a closed ecological system. The clean, clear, cold lakewater contained no fish until they were introduced by human from 1888 to 1941.

Getting there ...

We drove to Crater Lake from Lassen via Highway 89, I-5, and 62. It's about 4-hour driving but we had to stop by McDonald's (at Medford) to let Linus and Iris play for a while so they won't complain too much.

The First Day ...

 

 

The Second Day ...

 

 

 

 

The Third Day ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Last Day ...

Well, it's not really the last day for our trip. It's our last day in Crater Lake, but we decided not to drive all the way back home (it will take about 8 hours to do so). We will stay at Redding for one night and head back home on the next day.

 

We took another route via Klamath Falls back to California. Mt. Shasta dominates the landscape from Klamath Falls (Highway 97) to Weed (I-5). I could not resist to stop to snap a few pictures of this massive volcano. We arrived at Redding around 4:00PM. We were all very glad to be back to civilization: we haven't watched TV for one week!

Going Home ...

One the way home next day (9/5), we decided to detour to Sacramento to visit the Railroad Museum. After 7 days, 6 nights, and 1400 miles, we finally concluded our wonderful summer vacation this year.

 


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