Natural Bridge and Crater Lake, Oregon - Oregon Trip, Part 7

During our stay in Ashland, we took a day trip to the renown Crater Lake.  Before we arrived at our destination, we stopped by the "Natural Bridge" at the upper Rogue River for a short while.














The Rogue River was a large rapids and a lovely one.  The wonderful thing to see here is the water had created courses underneath large rocks therefore the "natural bridges".  We saw clearly how the water came out of and flew into "caves".













After we'd left the Natural Bridge, we continued to climb up to more than 8,000 feet elevation and arrived at the Crater Lake.








Wikipedia described the lake as:

Crater Lake is a caldera lake located in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fills a nearly 2,148-foot (655 m) deep caldera that was formed around 7,700 (± 150) years ago by the collapse of the volcano Mount Mazama. There are no rivers flowing into or out of the lake; the evaporation is compensated for by rain and snowfall at a rate such that the total amount of water is replaced every 250 years.

It was breathtakingly beautiful, with its almost perfectly round shape, the incredible deep cobalt blue in the center and magically shimmering blue-green at the shallow water edges.  The Rocks surrounded the lake was strong and tough and we even saw some snow at the bottom of the rocks.











We also saw a cute chipmunk at the edge of the lake, posing for tourists.



































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