Monday, July 3, 2017

Crater Lake camping trip

Our friends asked us about a month ago if we'd like to go camping with them at Crater Lake. Since Patrick won't be able to join the kids and I on our road trip
Later this summer, we thought this would be a fun family getaway.

We headed out early Saturday morning. We met up with our friends at a campsite called Broken Arrow (just outside of Crater Lake). It was a fun time. We will say though, instead of staying 3 nights, we only stayed 2 because the mosquitoes were horrible! We've never camped somewhere where we've had such a problem. We all got so bit up. We tried bug spray and candles with no luck. To treat our bites, we tried creams and sprays, even toothpaste! We all took Benadryl at night to help with the horrible ichiness.   Spiders we're bad too. That part was really terrible.
Crater Lake was amazingly beautiful. The water was so blue! Pictures don't come close to doing it justice.  Unfortunately not all of the park was opened yet (due to snow still). We were able to see a portion of the park. It was crazy how much snow was still up there.   We had fun, and enjoyed visiting with our friends and some
friends of theirs they brought along.  It's definitely different camping with people that you're not super close to. I had my moments, ha!  Overall, glad we went. In the way home, we stopped to play in a river for a bit, and also had a late lunch at a super cute old fashioned Soda Fountain. Both well deserved! We can check Crater Lake off our Oregon bucket list now.