Mile 5507 – Prospect, Oregon, Day 2 (Round trip to Crater Lake). P.J. and I have both been at Crater Lake before, and it can best be admired in clear weather because of its grand vistas and deep-blue lake. This time, due to smoke from neighboring wild fires, it looked like a smoggy day in Los Angeles. Nevertheless, the weather was perfect for hiking or walking around (sunny and upper sixties). We got a nice walk in on a new trail to a waterfall and drove around the rim anyway, so P.J. could take hazy versions of her aunt’s old post cards. We found out that what was called “Enchantment Bay” in the thirties, is now called “Danger Bay”. Probably renamed by Homeland Security.
Vintage Postcard Project: August 31: Crater Lake National Park
[Photographs © 2012 P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]