Crater Lake NP is as blue as any picture you have ever seen of the lake.  We drove all the way around and took so many pictures cause I just could not believe how blue the water was and how blue the sky was.  No smog here!  Even the smoke from the fires were not able to obscure the view.  The water was so perfect that I really wanted to get on it and ski.

Here I am standing on the edge of the cliff with Wizard Island in the background.  Wizard Island is the one of 2 places where you can get near the water and swim.  No one swims for long cause the water is so cold.

Wizard Island and Phantom Ship are the only land masses across the whole lake.  There were two boats on the lake that are tour boats and they were so small compared to the size of the lake and you are up so high from the water surface that you could barely see them and their wakes hardly rippled the water.

I was very impressed with the landscape around the lake and the blue of the sky was so crisp until you looked at the lake – that is blue!  The puffy white clouds offered a contrast to the sky and their reflection on the lake was very cool.

Enough beautiful pictures.  We also do other things besides tour around.  One of the men in our group likes to roast  others in our crowd on campouts so this time it was the guys!  He actually teased a bit but then he presented each guy with a beautiful fire stick that he handcrafted.  The other guys got sticks with an agate from Port Orford beach that he had found on the beach and polished into a beautiful rock that he put on the tip of the stick – Paul got a river rock cause we kept talking about Missiouri!  It is a very cool stick and if you ever come camping with us you will get to see Paul using his stick!

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