We arrive at our first campsite…an empty Sno Park for Rogue Sno Mobilers amidst Ponderosa and Lodgepole. As the sun sets an eerie wind blows in from the north, settling an unsettling cloud of smoke on the horizon, and rattling through the night…
Despite the very dramatic warnings of Crater Lake National Park Ranger Buddy the next morning (Extreme Winds! Power Out! No Fee! No Gas! Extreme Fire Danger! Roads Closed!) we have a lovely drive and views of a shimmering lake in a volcano hole! We see a smokey billow rising above the mountains in our intended direction and have to reroute further north through Willamette National Forest…
