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Lake Betty
Aug. 10th, 2017 12:55 pmI am going to be posting my trip stuff waaaay out of order. These are some pics from the tag end of my Crater Lake trip. I am glad I went when I did! Crater Lake is under a level 1 evacuation order due to wildfire smoke. You can still be there during a Level 1, but you need to be constantly prepped to bug out. Also, the views are smoky right now, and not in a cool way. They may need to do some big fire breaks to try to contain the fire. They can't use water from most sources to douse fires in the area. I may have seen the fire being lit by the lighting strikes while I was there.
Anyway, this post isn't about that big lake, it's about a small one I found delaying my return to the city.
I was a good chunk of the way back towards I-5 when I decided that I really had no reason to get home while it was still light out. The next day I would have a fuzzy to worry about, but not that day!
I turned off on a side road that said it was to Lake Waldo. Lake Waldo turned out to be really, really far down the road. So, I pulled over to have some food and figure out what to do next.
The wide shoulder I pulled off had this sign:
I am not usually one for going on random trails alone, but at this point I have to do some solo exploring or I will never get out and do any. I walked for a bit and decided I'd gone far enough down a trail I knew nothing about. I rested on a log and was sure I heard water. So, I went just a bit further and saw this:
It's a really easy hike down to a nicely isolate lake. There was a path around it, but I will do that another day.
I just hung out there for a bit. I tried to do the whole 'picture with my feet in it' thing but my legs are short:
I always try for those shots, but they rarely work for me.
That trail was pretty much the ideal little adventure.
I'd love to get back out there, maybe some day trips, but cat, wildfires and the coming tourists hoards make it a bad plan. Oh yeah and I should move to the new place at a point. (still no date on possession.)
Anyway, this post isn't about that big lake, it's about a small one I found delaying my return to the city.
I was a good chunk of the way back towards I-5 when I decided that I really had no reason to get home while it was still light out. The next day I would have a fuzzy to worry about, but not that day!
I turned off on a side road that said it was to Lake Waldo. Lake Waldo turned out to be really, really far down the road. So, I pulled over to have some food and figure out what to do next.
The wide shoulder I pulled off had this sign:
I am not usually one for going on random trails alone, but at this point I have to do some solo exploring or I will never get out and do any. I walked for a bit and decided I'd gone far enough down a trail I knew nothing about. I rested on a log and was sure I heard water. So, I went just a bit further and saw this:
It's a really easy hike down to a nicely isolate lake. There was a path around it, but I will do that another day.
I just hung out there for a bit. I tried to do the whole 'picture with my feet in it' thing but my legs are short:
I always try for those shots, but they rarely work for me.
That trail was pretty much the ideal little adventure.
I'd love to get back out there, maybe some day trips, but cat, wildfires and the coming tourists hoards make it a bad plan. Oh yeah and I should move to the new place at a point. (still no date on possession.)
