Crater Lake In October.... Amazing but cold!

We left Bend and headed to Crater Lake.    The most direct route is to take the park road directly south and along the rim of the lake down to the Mazama Campground.   What we didn't know is how narrow that road is and how much of the shoulder appears to be crumbly off.    The sheer drop offs gave both of us some real thrills.    Our last time at Crater Lake was with Shannon seeing the major sites.   This trip we repeated the rim drive but tried a new hike to Plaikne Falls which was lovely and also had lunch at the lodge with a great view of the lake.    

The first picture is lunch from the coach at an Overlook on the drive in.   The picture on the right is the view from the lodge dining room.