We did it again. We crammed too much into a single day. Our plan was to drive from Reno to Woodburn Oregon and do some back to school shopping. The trip was 8 hours by Google which mean it would usually take us 9 hours with stops. What we didn't plan on doing was stopping at Crater Lake National Park. We were getting a bit bored with driving just as we were about to pass the turn off and it called out to us. On the map it didn't look like it would be too much out of our way but the road was much narrower and curvier.
By the time we got back on the road we were in for an 11 hour day. Having said all that I'm glad we did stop. We always drive by the signs on the I-5 and it sounds like an interesting place. It's an old volcano that blew it's top about 7,000 years ago. It's now the deepest lake in the US and you have to be there to get a sense of scale. We stopped off at the visitors center and the gift shop and drove around the western edge. After that we were back on the road to Woodburn where we finished up the day with some shopping at the outlet malls. Tomorrow we are off to the Ed Sheeran concert in Seattle.
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