After we left Lost Creek, we stopped and hiked down to the Mill Creek waterfall. Then we went to the natural bridge on the Rogue River. The river goes underground through the volcano lava tube.
Finally we got up to Crater Lake. The park had just opened a week ago, ½ the rim trail was still closed by snow! Never have we seen such incredible color as in Crater Lake, it’s almost an iridescent deep blue. With snow packs around the rim and a clear day with the sun at our backs, the view was just breathtaking. After walking a nice section of the rim and driving the part that was open, we reluctantly headed north.
Just outside the park border we stopped at Diamond Lake, a National Forest campground. We parked right by the water with a gorgeous view of a snow capped mountain across the lake, still at 5000 ft elevation. The only problem was the mosquitoes were bad, you could not sit still outside for more than a few seconds without being swarmed. We took a 6 mile bike ride on the trail along the shore of the lake, then stayed in the RV for the evening.
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