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Our Road Trip 2006 - BEST Landscape Photos

BEST Landscape Photos of Our Arizona, California and Oregon Road Trip to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary together!

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Crater Lake is a beautiful deep blue lake due to the fact that the only fill for the lake is the clean, clear snow and rainfall. The clouds form interesting, dark shadows on the surface of the lake. The location is at Merriam Point near the trail we found near the North Entrance of the Rim Drive, on the west end of the lake. Looking toward the Northeast in this photo.<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_5979-DragonflyCraterLakeDeepBlueCloudShadows-nice-2 copy.jpg
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Crater Lake is a beautiful deep blue lake due to the fact that the only fill for the lake is the clean, clear snow and rainfall. The clouds form interesting, dark shadows on the surface of the lake. The location is at Merriam Point near the trail we found near the North Entrance of the Rim Drive, on the west end of the lake. Looking toward the Northeast in this photo.
ND70_2006-07-26DSC_5979-DragonflyCraterLakeDeepBlueCloudShadows-nice-2 copy.jpg

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  • Crater Lake is a beautiful deep blue lake due to the fact that the only fill for the lake is the clean, clear snow and rainfall. The clouds form interesting, dark shadows on the surface of the lake. The location is at Merriam Point near the trail we found near the North Entrance of the Rim Drive, on the west end of the lake. Looking toward the Northeast in this photo.<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_5979-DragonflyCraterLakeDeepBlueCloudShadows-nice-2 copy.jpg
  • Crater Lake Lodge INSET - Crater Lake Wizard Island looking toward the southeast, taken from Merriam Point near the North Entrance of Rim Drive. <br /> <br /> The INSET photo (upper right) is the Crater Lake Lodge (where we will be staying tonight on the other side of the lake on the edge of the caldera). It is located in the photo directly above the summit of Wizard Island.<br /> <br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6006-CraterLakeWizardIsland-LodgeZoomInset-3 copy.jpg
  • Crater Lake framed by the tall pines on the edge of the lake. Altitude is 7351 feet (2240 meters) here. Photo taken looking toward the east.<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6014-CraterLakeTreeFrameMerriamPointWestSideLookingEast-nice-6 copy.jpg
  • A closeup shot of the snow on the west bank of Crater Lake, OR. Photo taken looking toward the south.<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6068-CraterLakeZoom-2.jpg
  • Eileen's photo of scenic Crater Lake taken on the west side of the lake near Merriam Point. Photo taken looking toward the northeast.<br /> P7250481-CraterLakeScenicMerriamPointWestSide-2 copy.jpg
  • Eileen's scenic photo of Crater Lake, OR through the tall pines from Merriam Point on the west side of the lake near the North Entrance of Rim Drive. Photo taken looking toward the east.<br /> P7250488-CraterLakeTallMerriamPoint-2 copy.jpg
  • Eileen's scenic photo of Crater Lake looking toward the east, framed through the trees. The clouds formed shadows on the lake, making the water appear to be darker in spots. Our location was at the west side of the lake near the North Entrance near Merriam Point.<br /> P7250490-CraterLakeMerriamPoint-nice-2 copy.jpg
  • Sillouette of Rick taking photos on the west side of Crater Lake, OR looking toward the east.<br /> P7250496-RickSillouetteCraterLakeMerriamPoint-2 copy.jpg
  • Silhouette of Rick resting between photos on the west side of Crater Lake looking toward the east.<br /> P7250497-RickSilloutteCraterLakeMerriamPoint-2 copy.jpg
  • Eileen's photo, closeup of Wizard Island taken from the west side of Crater Lake, OR. Note the deep green pools of water around the island.<br /> P7250503-CraterLakeWizardIslandSteepCliffsMerriamPoint-2.jpg
  • Crater Lake view from the patio restaurant looking toward the northwest.<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6112-CraterLakeFromLodgePatioRestaurant-4 copy.jpg
  • The snow is everywhere at Crater Lake, OR. We were amazed that much of Crater Lake was still closed for the winter only a few weeks before our arrival! It's difficult to believe that there could be so much snow on July 1 to keep Crater Lake closed!<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6123-CraterLakeSnow-2 copy.jpg
  • View of Crater Lake from the Lodge Trail, directly below the patio. Photo taken looking toward the west.<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6136-CraterLakeLodgeTrail-nice-2 copy.jpg
  • Eileen photographing Crater Lake from the trail we took a walk after dinner. On the edge of the caldera is the Sinnot Memorial Outlook that Eileen will visit the next day.<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6138-EileenPhotographingCraterLakeSinnottMemorialOutlook-2 copy.jpg
  • Crater Lake Lodge viewed from the Visitor Center. Amazing that the lodge is build right on the edge of the caldera, that goes quite steeply down for about 1,000 feet. Makes for a really nice view!<br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6139-CraterLakeLodgeFromVisitorCenter-2 copy.jpg
  • View of the Sinnot Memorial Outlook that hangs off the cliff on the side of the lake. Eileen will visit this Outlook on the next day. Rick stayed back on the "shore" to watch.<br /> <br /> ND70_2006-07-26DSC_6141-CraterLakeSinnottMemorialOutlook-nice-2 copy.jpg
  • Eileen's photo of the view from our Room 215 in the Crater Lake Lodge. We had an excellent view of Crater Lake (in the background), but we also had a good view of the patio restaurant directly below us. This actually turned out to be a mixed blessing because the patio was busy until late into the night and people were right below us on the patio drinking and laughing loudly. Then in the early morning, more people came out to the patio for breakfast and coffee and the noise started up again. Ah the joys of sleeping with the windows open!<br /> <br /> The Crater Lake Lodge was an excellent place to stay, comfortable, great views from the room, but the patio noise was not that great. Why did we have the windows open? Because the lodge does NOT have air conditioning!!! As they told us when we checked in, "the lodge does not have air conditioning or telephones to preserve the initial flavor of the original lodge as built in 1915". How quaint... But it was still a great stop for us.<br /> <br /> P7250509-CraterLakeViewFromInsideLodgeRoom215-2 copy.jpg
  • NASA Astronaut photo taken from ISS International Space Station July 19, 2006 (1 week before our visit). Merriam Point photo spot marked as well as the Crater Lake Lodge where we stayed for the night.<br /> <br /> More info from the NASA Earth Observatory website:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17401">http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17401</a><br /> <br /> CraterLake-NASA-AstronautPhoto-20060719-ESC_large_ISS013_ISS013-E-54243-4 copy.jpg
  • Eileen's early (approx 7 am) photo of Crater Lake and perfectly clear reflection of the sky and clouds taken from our room at the Crater Lake Lodge.<br /> <br /> P7260526-CraterLakeCloudReflections-2 copy.jpg
  • Eileen's photo of a great cloud formation over Crater Lake on the trail of the Sinnott Memorial Outlook.<br /> <br /> P7260525-CraterLakeMorning-2 copy.jpg
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