Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Sierra Cascades – 8/28/2013 – Rest Day at Crater Lake

 

What? Another rest day?  Well we’d better enjoy it. The gravy train stops today.  Tomorrow we begin 9 days of riding, starting with a 90 mile ride to Ashland.  Of the 9 days, two look tough, including the toughest ride in the trip.2013-08-28 11.26.30

CRATER LAKE is the second deepest lake in North America and the clearest lake in the world, as measured by the SECCHI DISK. We learned of this from a National Park Ranger who accompanied us on a 2-hour tour on the lake on a trolley.  The ranger, Tim is a a volunteer; a retired geologist. 

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I took the left photo above about 6:15 this morning. Went downstairs to get coffee and found half of the group was already there – in spite of a rest day and the café not opening until 7:00

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