CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK

I'm so happy to have reached this place, my first "real" stopping/sightseeing place on my trip, and well worth it, too.

On the way down Rte. 97, I rode through the little town of Chemult, where my husband had a summer job as a surveyor in 1971, after our sophomore year at Michigan State University. I was home in Maryland. We had dated some during the year, and we wrote to each other during the summer, and fell in love by mail. So I loved going through Chemult and seeing where he was when he read my letters and wrote back.

I'm going to stay here for a few days and hike, jog some trails, and cruise on the bike... a rest stop in one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Here's my progress so far since starting. A whopping 171.8 miles....