Crater Lake National Park, OR, 9/17-9/19
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The bell of the ball, Crater Lake, with Wizard Island in foreground.
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Cool visitor's center.
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Manzanita (sp.) shrub
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"Oh I'm sorry, were you trying to take a photo of the lake??" -Golden-mantled ground squirrel
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Cleatwood Trail. 1 mile straight down to the lake, 1 mile straight back up.
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Rabbitbrush, one tough plant (Crysothamnus sp.)
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Turquoise green is relatively shallow water, blue water gets deeeeep. Deepest lake in the U.S. 1,949;
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Hiking back up.
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Pumice, a porous type of volcanic rock.
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Crater Lake in her eyes
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Starting the hike up to Mt. Scott watchtower, ~8,934'
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Whitebark pines can withstand the harsh alpine conditions, and grow in contorted forms caused by extreme wind, shallow soil, temperature changes, and snow.
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Beautiful rock!
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Last leg to the tower...
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View from the top (Crater Lake towards the sunspot).
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Hiking through geological layers.
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Some black-tailed deer were taking up the night shift as we were hiking down.
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Little red in one of her diverse set of habitats across the country.
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...and the sun sets on Crater Lake.