Sunday September 15

We had a good night's sleep at the Prospect Hotel. A good old Inn but the internet speed was non-existent so no chance to update the blog.

We had the breakfast at the Inn and then made our way back to Crater Lake National Park and took the east rim road to the trail head for the climb to the summit of Mt. Scott, the highest peak in the park at 8929 ft. 

Temperatures were great for the climb (mid 60's) with a fairly strong wind blowing to keep you cool.

The trail was fairly steep with a vertical gain of 1250 ft in 2 ½ miles. It took us about 75 minutes to reach the summit.

The viewpoint allowed you to capture the whole lake in your camera viewfinder.

Some more photos from the summit....

The descent only took 45 minutes and we went to a nearby picnic area for lunch.

We then completed the circle tour of the lake via the road stopping at several of the overlooks for a different perspective of some of the unique geological features we had seen the day before on our boat trip.

We were held up while the park rangers cleared a tour bus wreck. Looks like the tour group experienced a little bit more of Oregon than they signed up for. 

Good news, no injuries, just a lot of inconvenience.

We also did another short hike on the Sun Notch Trail to get a view of the “Phantom Ship” formation.

We left the park at around 4:45 and made our way back to the Prospect Inn. We decided to refuel the car and went to the only gas station within 60 miles at the Prospect General Store. Interesting place, think we were the only ones without tattoos, camouflage clothing, suspenders but with our own teeth.

We had a nice light dinner at the Inn and retired to our room to struggle with the internet to no avail.