We decided to cut across Oregon on our way back to The Dalles to see Crater Lake. It’s a collapsed caldera and the deepest lake in the USA (1900 feet or so). There are no streams in or out, so evaporation is counterbalanced by snowfall, which was still on the ground in a couple of places. Like many things in Oregon, there aren’t safety fences to keep people from sliding into the lake and dying, so stand back!
On the way out, we went clockwise around the rim to exit the park in the north. The scenery is stunning, and the roads are narrow with steep falloffs. Seems Oregon doesn’t go in for things like road shoulders and safety rails.
