Yesterday we spent the day in Crater Lake National Park. It is a beautiful little spot in interior Oregon. We hiked down the trail to Cleetwood Cove which is a steep 1.1 mile down and a 700ft., 1.1 mile climb back up. We got to the bottom and had a picnic lunch and then, although we neglected to bring or wear swimsuits, all jumped in the cool lake water. It is amazingly clear water, with no intakes or tributaries, is considered the purest large body of water in all the world (according to the park service). Almost 2000 ft. deep and 5 mi by 6 mi across is sits in a caldera with sides ranging from 7-8,000 ft. Water evaporates from the lake and is replaced by snowmelt and a small amount seeps out the bottom, other than that, the natural water of Crater Lake is isolated from pollutants. It is the deepest lake in the Western Hemisphere and the 3rd deepest lake in the world. I thought of you Pat, as I swam in that water, you would love it!!
There were also some cliffs down by the water and the daredevil in Jake came out and he jumped!! No chance of hitting bottom there, right? I jumped too...and almost blew my eardrums out...needless to say, I did not do it twice:)
We left the park around 6pm and drove back to the coast. We are in Florence, OR now, just north of the Oregon Dunes and just south of the Sea Lion Caves.
We will be traveling up to Rock Away Beach where we have a room reserved on the beach. I am excited to get down to the water again.
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