Jill's Journal: Yesterday we took a series of three easy hikes in Crater Lake National Park. The girls’ favorite, by far, was the Castle Crest Wildflower Garden. Not only were the hillsides of wildflowers and streams beautiful, but these white and black butterflies were everywhere. We’ve seen hundreds upon hundreds of them in the area and the girls have not tired of them.
The most memorable of the three hikes for us was probably a visit to Lady of the Woods, not because of the unfinished rock carving, but because we learned the hard way the boulders around it are slippery!
And finally, we took the mile hike to see The Pinnacles. These unusual volcanic formations are in a canyon next to the former East Entrance to Crater Lake.
Here are the girls at the now-defunct East Entrance. It’s been closed for nearly 40 years. Although covered with new-growth pine trees, the former road can still be clearly seen through the surrounding forest.
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