Camping West Coast 2005 |
September 25
September 25 10:06am
September 25 8:41am Crater Lake National Park: rim village Holy crap. This is beautiful.  Crater Lake National Park: mazama village campground20 degree nights. Brrrr... I had to sleep with pretty much every piece of clothing I brought. |
 Crater Lake National Park: rim village Chat with the forest ranger, no free magnet this time. I guess Ranger Dave didn't think I was all that cute. All I got was some hiking maps. I could have swam in the water, but he doesn't recommend it as the water was barely above freezing. |
September 25 10:18am
September 25 11:10am  Crater Lake National Park: rim village 7100 ft the beginning of the trek. |
September 25 11:22am | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail Onward and upward. |
 Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trailOut of shape yuppies have turned back by this point. Retirees still trudge further. |
September 25 11:19am 
September 25 11:27am | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail Hobbit warrens. |
September 25 11:32am | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail Excercise and sunshine leads to a long drawn out strip show. |
September 25 11:43am | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail Where's a stripper pole when you need one? |
September 25 11:59am 
September 25 12:00pm
Stunning views everywhere you turn. |
Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail
September 25 11:59am | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail Old smelly people giving up at this point. Still a long ways to go to the top, and the trail is getting increasingly precarious. But oh, the scenery. Makes it hard to pay attention where you step. Which is a bad thing when the trail hugs the cliff side. |
 Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trailMet a retired couple, lives 80 miles away from Crater Lake now. They used to live in Duarte. |
September 25 12:00pm 
September 25 12:05pm| Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail Just keep going. Just keep going. Fewer trees, more rocks and ice now. Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail |
| Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail 8054 ft. I made it to the top! Whew. |
September 25 12:08pm 
September 25 12:22pm | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail I pee'd behind this tree. |
September 25 12:23pm | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail It's lonely up here. Most people don't make it to the top. |
September 25 12:39pm 
September 25 1:04pm | Crater Lake National Park: garfield peak trail I could hang out here for hours. And I did. |
September 25 1:08pm | Crater Lake National Park: rim village This is the cutest squirrel thing in the world. Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) |
| Crater Lake National Park: sun notch viewpoint Trees and rocks and volcanos. Otherworldy shade of blue water. |
September 25 2:02pm 
September 25 1:56pm | Crater Lake National Park: sun notch viewpoint Something new and different everywhere you look. |
September 25 2:07pm | Crater Lake National Park: pinnacles overlook As if this morning's crazy ass hike wasn't enough, let's go on another hike. |
September 25 2:32pm 
September 25 2:51pm | Crater Lake National Park: near pinnacles overlook And it goes all the way past the park boundaries. |
| Crater Lake National Park: near piccacles overlook And back. |
September 25 2:51pm 
September 25 3:27pm | Crater Lake National Park: phantom ship overlook Pumice castle. It doesn't really look like a castle. Looks like a layer cake to me. Then again, I was hungry from two crazy ass hikes this day. |
| Crater Lake National Park: phantom ship overlook I want to go to the phantom ship island. |
September 25 3:16pm | Crater Lake National Park: cloudcap overlook Windy. |
September 25 3:38pm 
September 25 3:46pm | Crater Lake National Park: rim drive east Icy snowy roads. They closed the roads right after I went through. I saw a lot of cars sliding off the road and into the trees. |
| Crater Lake National Park: merriam point Wizard Island. Harry Potter! |
September 25 4:13pm 
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