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West Coast Tour 2016 – Crater Lake – Part Two

November 3, 2016 · by · in Cultural Attractions (Museums, Historical Sites, Etc.), Hiking/Walking, National Parks and State Parks, Oregon, Trips, West Coast Fall 2016, West Coast Tour 2016 · Leave a comment

  Timeline: September 25-26 The next morning, we drove back to Crater Lake, entered the park and headed down the East Rim just past the Phantom Ship viewpoint to the turn off to the Pinnacles.  A few miles down the road we parked and did a two mile out and back hike to Plaikni Falls.  […]

West Coast Tour 2016 – Crater Lake – Part One

October 31, 2016 · by · in Cultural Attractions (Museums, Historical Sites, Etc.), National Parks and State Parks, Trips, West Coast Fall 2016, West Coast Tour 2016 · 2 Comments

Timeline: September 25-26 We accessed Crater Lake at the western entrance and drove straight to the Visitors Center, arriving right around 1pm.  We had arrived just in time to take in the 20-minute informational film about the park which gave us very good background on the lake’s origins and explains its appeal.  We then drove […]