On the way to Klamath Falls and our nice hotel with a jacuzzi we stopped for the afternoon at Lava Beds Nat'l Monument and hiked down into several caves and tunnels underground that were created by Lava moving beneath the surface. With our headlamps we headed down 12 feet or so into the earth and in some spots the caves were only 18 inches high, so the kids of course loved the adventure of doing the duck walk to get really low to the ground. Yes we quacked to be fully immersed in the full duck walk experience.
Several times there was a fork in the road and we had to make a choice which way to go, this turned into a discussion about life and the seeming choices we make and how really we are just following the way the cave takes us.. i was giggling at least.
That night I did 6 loads of laundry, took a nice long soak and slept like a baby!
It is the season of cleaning, the playa dust is everywhere and we are trying to get it out before we bring the clean
clothes and bedding back in, took Steve and I about 4 hours to strip it out. We shopped and took care of all our internet business and finally headed to Crater Lake in the late afternoon. First we passed by Klamath Lake, huge, very beautiful and it is starting to look like Oregon, very green.
Only about an hour to Crater Lake Park, another 30 minutes until we could actually view the lake. What was an exploding
volcano about 7000 years ago is now the deepest lake in the US, almost 1900 feet deep. The view is remarkable, i had seen
it prior only from an airplane and really looked forward to a closer look. It was a brief look because it was 5pm and it was cold, it felt great to be cold after a week in the desert! We enjoyed the view from all around the lake and then headed out of the park to Diamond Lake for the night.
We have pulled out all our warm clothes and we don't have many but it is cold!! It's nice actually, i am ready for fall in Oregon, rain, colder days, layers!!
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