Taken from the back seat. We were excited to see there was still some snow around even though it is officially summer here.
Beautiful Crater Lake. Deepest Lake in the USA, 7th deepest in the world. It is only fed by snow and rain, no rivers feed into it and it has no outlet.
This island is in the middle of the lake. The lodge we stayed in is only open 4 months of the year. This area gets the highest snow fall in USA averaging 570 inches a year. There is no skiing so it only opens in summer.
These cute rocking chairs were outside to enjoy the view. It starting snowing about 1 min after this pic and the wind was icy cold.
The lodge where we stayed.
Tina and I (the old ladies) sitting in front of one of the fire places in the guest lounge. We were chatting to 'Dave' who was a tool salesman from Maryland. You can see how massive the fireplace is.
Waiting for our pre-dinner drinks.
Bark was trimming different parts of the guest areas. Here under the staircase.We enjoyed a lovely dinner. again the service was too fast for our liking. Dinner was Mark's Bison rib steak. Also Tina and I had delicious Wild Alaskan Salmon and John Alaskan Halibut with blue cheese and horseradish sauce. Needless to say we have enjoyed good wines with all meals.
We were all sharing a suite at this hotel. Before we went to dinner John left on what he thought was the exhaust fan in the toilet. When we came back we realised it was not the exhaust fan but the heater in the bathroom. The results were it was literally like a sauna in the room. The inside of the bathroom door was too hot to touch!!!! The heat then flowed into the bedroom area and soon we had to open the window to the 0C temperature just to survive.
We thought we had it handled and soon were in bed. Not alot of sleeping happened as the room was also overheated for our liking. I got up around 1am to open the door to the corridor just to let some cool air in and create a cross ventilation. We also had 2 x windows open to try and cool the room. We ended up leaving the 2 windows ajar all night to eventually get some sleep.
Though we knew it was snowing a little we did not realise how much. We woke to this beautiful scene. About 4 - 6 inches of snow fell overnight.
A couple of guys who rode their bikes up would have had a rude awakening when they wanted to get on them to leave. One had a sheep skin seat... would have been frozen I reckon.
Welcoming hotel/lodge sign.
Lodge front door.
The boys couldn't resist this photo opportunity!!! Its interesting to compare the first photos we took where the trees had no snow, to the snow laden trees we saw on our way out.
This snow was unexpected and unappreciated by the locals who said winter had not lost its grip yet and they were well and truly over the snow.
3 comments:
hey...fab photos. can hardly believe last week you were buying extra t-shirts due to the heat tho. great contrast to see this side of the area too.
Loved the rocker chairs, but not too sure how comfortable those were in front of the fireplace, size sure would warm the ;whole' of the body.Great experience to have had the snow and appreciate what the locals have to put up with each season. Wonder where the water from the lake goes when it is only fed and no outlet, summer must be hot to evaperate some.Impressed with the bark trims, was it dusty? Hope you can drive out o.k. Much love all Ramly
I love John's method of keeping his beer cold. Great set of photo's in the snow, didn't realise you would see this much snow during the northern summer.
Love Mitchell & Ashleigh x
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