Snow in July at Crater Lake, Oregon

Jul 4, 1984 Wed0National Parks
In the early 80's I traveled to a few places and kept a travel diary. I thought my sons would some day enjoy reading my diary so I have decided to put it in my blog. I will enter my diary here as I wrote it years ago when I was a much younger man. I was 24 years old in 1984. At this time in my life I was traveling to Toronto Canada every week and I got bumped from a flight. Delta gave me a free ticket to any place they flew in the 48 states. I looked at their route map and the farthest I could fly was Seattle, Washington. So I packed my bags, tent and sleeping bag and headed West. I drove around the North West for a week.


8:50PM I am camped at Jackson Hot Springs near Ashland, Oregon on I-85 a few miles from California. Called Susie a few moments ago. I've traveled 500 miles today. Last night I camped at Mineral Springs in Wenatchee National Forest. I ate a burger for supper at a restaurant across from the campground. The campground sucked. Only a few sites and only portable toilets.

This place is pretty good and only $3.00 for a tent site. I took a well needed shower tonight. Then had a dinner of steak, potato salad, beanie wienies and red wine. The biggest thing I saw today was Crater Lake and the 8-10 feet of snow there. I also saw Mt. Rainier in the distance. I'm still taking a lot of slides.

Jul 4, 1984 Wed
Jul 4, 1984 Wed
Mt. Rainier.
Jul 4, 1984 Wed
Jul 4, 1984 Wed
Crater Lake, Oregon
Bobby
Jul 4, 1984 Wed
Crater Lake, Oregon
Jul 4, 1984 Wed
Crater Lake, Oregon
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