Monday, August 3, 2009

redwood, crater lake

People: Sudharshan, Fahad, MS, Avati and /me
Distance: 1300miles
Date: 1st and 2nd August, 2009 (48hrs in total)



Started off at 1:55AM from fremont. I took the car initially, headed towards, 880->101 and continued towards Fort Bragg. Took some nap there on curb side, and then headed towards Eureka, Orich, Cresent City..

* Kuchel Visitor Center
* Lady Johnson Tall Tree Grove
* Fern Canyon
* Scenic Drive

Camped at Mazama Village, Crater Lake, Oregon. Had soup and maggi. Later played cards too.. It rained in morning, thankfully there was no Thunder storm, (well, weather(dot)com predicted one). Travelled around Lake in Rim Drive. The Deep Blue water of Crater Lake was awesome.. Its till date the most wallpaper like place i saw.

We had booked Boat trip inside Lake, but due to previous day's lightening strike, there was some fire along the forest trail which takes us to down the lake, for boats. It got cancelled, and so we decided to leave early, and headed towards McCloud Falls.

We dived into water @ Lower McCloud Falls, and went below the falls. It was complete fun. Water was very cold, may be 7-8 degree Centigrade in temperature.