Brown Motion

This weekend we drove another 1,000 miles to seek out another natural wonder.  Crater Lake inside the Cascade Range in southeast Oregon. Deepest lake in the USofA at around 1,900 feet max depth is the cleanest and purest of freshwater lakes in the country.   Pictures will tell the tale, Fairly crowded for what is relatively a remote location in the middle of nowhere.... temps topped out in the high 80s so the ice cold water felt good when we got to the bottom - only one trail gets you there - at the north end of the lake. Looking north across the lake at the almost perfect circle which is the caldera formed of a now extinct volcano      Spotted few hummingbirds, local noise makers and some curious rodents including one marmot.  Below is a curious ground squirrel ..    can you share something with me? The waters around the island in the lake are amazing shades of aquamarine...   Some friends we m...