In late July this year, my brother-in-law Rob Crawford, my nephew Max Crawford and I hiked down Cleetwood Cove Trail (the only legal trail to access the lake) and boarded the tour boat Umpqua at 8:30am. The water in the lake is pure and amazingly gin clear. Crater Lake is the world's ninth deepest lake. It is America's deepest lake at 1943 feet and only Canada's Great Slave Lake (by seven feet) is deeper in North America. Many call Crater Lake one of the Wonders of the World, and wonderful it is! It is at the top of the list for the Seven Wonders of Oregon (Many call it the Crown Jewel of Oregon, and I will not dispute that, though my son is named after the Steens Mountain of southeast Oregon.obviously, a very special place in my heart.Ĭrater Lake (is achingly blue, especially when viewed from one of the three tour boats on the water (brought to the lake via helicopter but housed permanently in boat houses on Wizard Island). I'm surprised that my home state does not host any other national parks.
Surprisingly my home county is the home to Oregon's only national park: Crater Lake National Park.
A friend of mine once said (he was then the Public Utilities Commissioner for Oregon), “There are many places in Klamath County that would receive attention as possible national parks or monuments if they were located back East.” I limit my summer travels to elsewhere because my front and back door is as good as it gets.so let's explore a little of it, but not all of it (some will always remain secrets!). Summer is the perfect time to live in, and also to travel in, Klamath Country.
The more I travel, the more I realize that I was born and raised and still live in some of the best country on the planet: Klamath County in Southern Oregon. 'Summertime, and the livin' is easy' composed by George Gershwin for Porgy and Bess (and made famous by many, including Ella Fitzgerald) sorta sums up the land of my birth and the land that is still my home, though my travels have taken me far and wide.
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