#19 - Gullies, Gorges, Waterfalls and Home

September 19, 2018

The day after we visited Crater Lake, we went in search of waterfalls around Prospect. The guy in the  office of the RV park gave us maps and some "must sees" and off we went. What a day. There's not a lot to say about them except how fun they were to find, how you could hear them before you could see them and the beauty of each one. We also found two gorges that were absolutely  gorgeous. (Couldn't resist.) 😊

Our trip was finally coming to an end and we left for home the next day. It took us 7 days of driving through Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa before finally arriving in Wisconsin. We put a total of ~5300 miles on Shorty and another 2000 on the trike, so we sure didn't let any grass grow under our feet. We traversed twelve states, visited four national parks, various national scenic areas and forests and crossed the Great Salt Desert. It was truly a wonderful adventure for us and something that we will never ever forget. We cannot tell you how fun it was to have you along. We so appreciate you for sticking with us, writing your comments and "liking" our posts. It was kind of a long drawn out story this time but you hung in there with us and we got 'er done! Thank you, dear friends and family.

As always, we wish you...

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#18 - Crater Lake

September 17-19th

The last reservation we have on our trip before heading for home later this week, is Crater Lake RV Park in Prospect, Oregon. Prospect is about 20 miles south of Crater Lake National Park in a beautiful area that gives us a nice ride on the trike to get there. The weather is perfect with lots of sun in the 60s.

A few facts from the National Park Service:  Crater Lake used to be a 12,000 ft tall volcano called Mount Mazama. About 7700 years ago, there was a major eruption that may have been the largest in North America in the past 640,000 years. The volcano collapsed and created Crater Lake. It is considered to be the cleanest large body of water in the world. It is fed only by rain and snow, no rivers or streams. It is 4.5 - 6 miles wide, 1943 feet deep at it's deepest point and it gets about 43 feet of snowfall annually.

Anyway... I think I've found another "favorite  place to be" in the world. I literally gasped out loud when I first set eyes on Crater Lake and we spent the entire day there driving around the 33-mile rim road. There are lots of overlooks and you just never get tired of it. I'll let the pictures show you. Crater Lake gave us unbelievably...

Happy Trails.