arrival at Crater Lake
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first view of Crater Lake
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Crater Lake and Wizard Island
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The Watchman, part of the north rim of the caldera
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Crater Lake and Mount Scott from the Rim Drive
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another view from the Rim Drive
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looking north across the lake
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lots of blue
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past the hemlocks to Wizard Island and the north rim
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two happy hikers
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another view across the lake
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cliffs and water
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blue magic
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The Phantom Ship
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Leslie atop Garfield Peak
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Taguchis and Wrights on Garfield Peak, Crater Lake in the background
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on the way back down
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the chipmunk
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Garfield Peak, where we were
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wild elk near Reedsport
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sitka spruce trees on Tahkenitch trail
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Leslie and Michi among the spruce
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a nurse stump
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another stump among the sword ferns
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skunk cabbage leaves
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no ocean to be seen
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Three-mile Lake in fog
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Michi meets the Pacific
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under a small cedar
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take your choice--we went left and came back right
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