How could you not love a view such as this. We should get down on our knees and thank William Steel for his hard work. It took 17 years of badgering congress before Theodore Roosevelt forced the legislators to put Crater Lake into the park system.
Still some evidence of the snowfall from two nights ago.
The view from the Crater Lake Lodge is magnificent though I'm not sure it would have been comfortable sitting on bamboo chairs full of snow.
It was very cozy in the great room of the lodge with a fire roaring.
Donna loved how the natural bark walls of the lodge looked, but in reading the history, the hotel is not one you would of wanted to stay here in the first 60 years...it had a soiled past. The lodge went through a complete 5 year renovation starting in 1989.
My lovely wife fits right in with the beauty of the area.
Wizard Island in the background...and this is almost June 1st!
2 comments:
Dang, end of May and it looks like Donna is very cold but cozy all bundled up
Joe
OMG….. snow at the end of May! Don’t you love those old National Park Lodges, hope you got to spend the night. Or, at least a glass of Merlot by the fire! Dayle and I spent a night at Crater Lake Lodge back in the early 90’s. We are way overdue for a return visit. Kind of destination place, no where to go from there, if I remember. Great place to relax, maybe read a good book, photography or hike around the rim…..
Jack
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