Good day to you all from the Southern Oregon stronghold of Klamath Falls.....or it should be Good evening seeing as though for the second day in a row, we didnt check into our motel until after 8pm.
We departed the golden shores of the Northern Oregon coast at Gearhart and proceeded down the 101 which runs pretty much straight down the coast to California. We unfortunately, by chance, happened to pick a Saturday morning during summer to do our drive. Well Osama Bin Laden could have his way with central and Eastern Oregon this weekend as it seemed as though every single inhabitant of the Oregon state region was either driving or walking along the 101 today. Millions of the bastards.....so a leisurely planned 130 mile 3-4 hour swing down the coast took over 6 and put us behind the 8 ball. Couple that with the fact that from Florence where we headed inland towards Crater Lake another 150 miles of bitumen awaited us and we were starting to depair. Eventually arrived at Crater Lake about 5 pm but boy oh boy was it worth the wait. A pure self contained 1900 foot deep lake in the middle of an extinct volcano was a sight to behold I can assure you. The water was a brilliant blue unlike anything else we have seen on this trip at least. Though we were finished with the park inside 45 minutes and on the road to Klamath Falls.....where we found a Oregon 8 Motel for $60 inc tax, including a seperate bedroom, seperate kitchen and free wifi. Sure it was last decorated in 1977 or thereabouts but hey for 60 bucks it may as well be the Hilton.
Tomorrow we head for Lake Tahoe via Lassen Volcanic National Park. Hopefully by then, the Fat arsed Wombat would have conceded and let King Tony move into the Lodge
First time down the Oregon pacific coastline, was quite spectacular, have not seen so much timber forests in my life. As for Crater Lake, well wayne just about said it all. Just about everyday you think that that days sights could not be surpassed, but Crater has set a new standard, yeah, lots of the other NP's have been just as spectacular, but today was memorable. I will try a get a photo up shortly, will be another post so check it out, or you'll be disappointed,
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