Happy memorial day!!! We get up early as we have a long day ahead of us. Hostel is lacking materials for breakfast again so we just make some tea and then head out. Drive down to Crater Lake in separate cars as Russell will continue on back to his home in SF.
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| So beautiful and pristine. |
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| 2 dudes enjoying our country's natural splendor on one of its most important holidays. |
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| snow gets pretty high in the winter |
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| Do you see the footprints up there? Someone went walking just straight up this mountain of snow hahah not this guy |
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| Look at how clear that water is. |
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| View from the other side of the lake |
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| Just enjoying all the reflections in the water. |
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| This is where we turn around. the steepness of the mountain is hard to see here but not having snow shoes made this not worth the risk. |
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| Banana for scale... :) |
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| Picture of that hill someone walked up with the cabin on top |
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| This view puts the slope a little bit more in perspective |
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| One more pic of the island |
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| View from in the brewery. |
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| Such a great idea hahaha |
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| Inversion beers inside their taproom |
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| Back at Crux |
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| Some of the take home bottles from Crux |
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| Beautiful sunset :) |
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| Hawk or falcon just chilling on a pole. |
Get in and its beautiful as there is snow everywhere (there are roads that arent open yet because of the snow). Water is beautiful and blue yet also clear; such an amazing view and park. The area is huge (much bigger than I was expecting it to be based on pictures I have seen). Got there early so it isnt too crowded yet, so we drive down to the Rim village while stopping at all hte overlooks to get different views of the lake. Then we go to hike up garfield peak but as we get near the top, there is snow blocking rest of the trail and I dont feel comfy going over it in my shoes as its a steep fall so we turn back and head down. Decide to try and hike some of the rim trail and it is overtaken with snow everywhere and we plow on which was a huge mistake; hard to get footing in some places but not dangerous just slippery and hard to go fast (for me, Russ just goes hahah). Eventually we get back to the cars and go our separate ways. I get back to the hostel and do some yoga before walking over to Crux brewery which has amazing beers, an incredibly large patio, and amazing views overlooking the city/sunset (faces the mountains west of town from the east side of town). Walk over to inversion, which has decent beers but enjoyed crux more so I go back there to have another flight and some pizza before grabbing some bottles to take home with me and watching a beautiful sunset. After that is all done, head back to the hostel and get ready for bed.
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