We were in Oregon for a week earlier this month because some friends from the Northwest were giving some computer graphics content at the
CCSC-NW conference in Ashland. As long as we were there, we visited Crater Lake and the coast for a couple of days each.
We were at Crater Lake Lodge just a couple of days before it closed for the winter. It was pretty nippy, as you can tell from this picture of Judy taken as we walked over to the Rim Village store to see if any Christmas stocking stuffers jumped out at us. (Did they? We'll never tell!)
Our first day there was beautiful and sunny, as you can see by this photo from the window of our lodge room. We drove around the crater rim and enjoyed the day quite a bit. We also enjoyed a really good dinner at the lodge; National Park lodges seem to have really good menus--probably to give guests the energy to get out and enjoy the parks.
The next day started out pretty, but by the middle of the day it was spitting snow and by the end of the day it was snowing pretty solidly. We went out for a walk in the morning and found these frost flowers "growing" by the side of the road, but later on the lounge chairs outside the dining room were less inviting. By the next morning it was largely clear and the lake was beautiful with snow on the island and caldera walls.
We were at Crater Lake Lodge just a couple of days before it closed for the winter. It was pretty nippy, as you can tell from this picture of Judy taken as we walked over to the Rim Village store to see if any Christmas stocking stuffers jumped out at us. (Did they? We'll never tell!)
Our first day there was beautiful and sunny, as you can see by this photo from the window of our lodge room. We drove around the crater rim and enjoyed the day quite a bit. We also enjoyed a really good dinner at the lodge; National Park lodges seem to have really good menus--probably to give guests the energy to get out and enjoy the parks.
The next day started out pretty, but by the middle of the day it was spitting snow and by the end of the day it was snowing pretty solidly. We went out for a walk in the morning and found these frost flowers "growing" by the side of the road, but later on the lounge chairs outside the dining room were less inviting. By the next morning it was largely clear and the lake was beautiful with snow on the island and caldera walls.
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