Rainier

Jared reached the top of Mount Adams. It took the crew 6 1/2 hours to complete the trail one way. It a steep elevation gain at about a 6000 feet and the mountain 12000 ft.

Jared hiking up Mt. Adams. He looks really pleased, doesn't he.

Jeff went to Mount Adams with Tracy and Jared (Americorps wierdos). That's Mt. Rainier in the background. Posted by Picasa

After a very long day in the Crater Lake sun, Jeff and I veg out in our tent for about 10 hours. We then headed to Oregon Caves National Monument on Sunday.

Jeff is swimming in the wonderfully refreshing caldera water. It took me a while but I eventually jumped in. You can see straight to the bottom and there are only rainbow trout there.

Jeff is striking a pose at Crater Lake. This is our first view. We can see the Cascade Range entirely encircling us.

Here I am basking in the rare Oregon Sun at Crater Lake National Park. This place is really beautiful. The water is crystal clear.

Beautiful View

Wizard island is a small island volcano w/in the larger crater of this huge caldera. Crater Lake caldera formed by collapse during the catastrophic eruption The 8x10 kilometer caldera lies in the remains of Mount Mazama, a Pleistocene stratovolcano cluster covering 400 square kilometers in the southern Oregon Cascades. Prior to its climactic eruption, Mount Mazama's summit had an elevation between 10,800 - 12,000 feet. -- Bacon, 1990, IN: Wood and Kienle