The northern CA coast has a marine layer (fog), I would say most of the time or at least while we were there, by noon it starts to burn off. Today was no exception as we headed north on Hwy 101 to Oregon.
After chatting with the locals at the moose they told us we would be fine taking Hwy 199 to Oregon, plus it was the shortest route. You just take your time and enjoy the scenery, as it is beautiful.
It seemed like the minute we crossed the state line into Oregon the countryside changed. It was beautiful as we followed the river.
Spent the night at the Moose lodge in Merlin which is about 10 miles north of Grants Pass. We had a 30amp hookup behind the lodge. Once again friendly folks, Mark even got in on a poker game and won some money.
Next morning we pulled out following the Rouge River going north. It was awesome and left an impression on us. Lots of opportunities for kayaking, wonderful lakes and good weather. We will definitely come back to OR and spend a summer. I would like to get a workamper job along the river as there were several campgrounds.
Our destination was La Pine Moose Lodge but we had to go to Crater Lake National Park first.
I don’t know if there are words that can describe this amazing place!!! The drive into the park was enjoyable and not too bad hauling the rig.
Carter lake is the deepest freshwater lake in the US and the 7th in the world. Its depth is 1,932 ft-deep enough to cover the tallest building in the world and it took 800 years for it to fill with snow melt and rain.
Why is the lake so blue?
Sunlight entering the crystal-clear water contains many colors. Red light is absorbed near the surface, yellow light penetrates a little deeper before being absorbed. But blue light can travel to great depths where it causes electrons in water molecules to vibrate and re-radiate light in blue wavelengths. This scatter blue light is what the eye sees.
Since we were heading north we would be taking the west route around the lake. Lucky for us they just opened it 5 days before!!!
Crater Lake is another place that you must put on your bucket list.
We arrived at La Pine moose lodge to another warm welcome. 20 amp service for $10, sorry no picture of our site. We would have liked to stay longer than 2 days and do some kayaking but we had to move on to Eugene so I could see Sistah Julie. She was there because her daughter just had a baby and I wanted to see them.
Thanks again for following our adventures.
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