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(Day 07) Crater Lake

[Sorry these emails are delayed, we've been riding more and the emails have been getting longed.]

I hate Mosquitoes. The only good thing about them is you'll try to get up early to leave while it's still to cold for them to fly; w were up and riding by 07:00.

In Ft. Klamath we passed a sign for fresh donuts at the Ft. Klamath General Store and couldn't resist it's siren like call. We ended buying a dozen, two cups of coffee and an apple turnover. The store was really cool; it was part liquor store, gun shop, gas station, and deli in addition to selling the standard small town store merchandise. I got to talking to the owner, Mark, who made the donuts, a bit. One of the better things he mentioned was "Ounces to lead to pounds and pounds lead to agony", he's on the post card list.

The ride up to lake really got me pumped we gained almost 3000 feet of elevation that morning. What blew me away was the was you just come right up to the edge without seeing it and them bang. We took some pictures and had a root beer to celebrate. Charles was going to meet his friends here for a ride home on Friday. We'd been planning to camp with him that night but didn't realize that the campgrounds were all back down the hill. We didn't want to go down just to come back up again the next day so we decided we'd campout in the bush on the way out of the park.

We started trading gear around, giving him the stuff we wanted to send home and taking what he'd been carrying that we'd need. His friends were going to be there late Friday night so he'd have time to see the park better than we did. We all said our good byes and rode off our separate ways.

We rode out around part of the lake on our way out of the park and the lake was incredible. It was the deepest blue you can imagine and its island just seemed to float there. We found ourselves at a turnout at 7350ft, the highest point of the trip.

andrew

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