7-2-17

We slept in this morning if you count 7:30 as sleeping in. Of course sleeping in made us feel lazy and we took too long getting out of the campground. We hit the Lewis & Clark visitor center a 9:30, checked out the exhibits, walked out to the fort and watched a musket demonstration. We had clouds the night before but the sky was clearing and temps in the mid 50's felt good. 

We left there around 11:00 which was right on time for our busy schedule. We drove down to Vancouver to finish our last Washington park at Fort Vancouver. However we had a planning fail and the park wasn't open on Sundays. We made lunch and hit up Walmart for a few items so theoretically we were ahead of schedule. An hour drive to Salem, Oregon had us at our 42nd state Capitol. We finished up and were on the road by 4:00. 

Our next park was Crater Lake but this was a four hour drive. We stopped for dinner at KFC and then made the long trek through US Forest Service lands up to the park. We drove along part of the rim stopping to marvel at the beautiful lake but also worried about setting up our tent while daylight still persisted. So we drove to the campground and setup. You would not think that mosquitos could exist in a place where 3 feet of snow is in patches every where but they do. Thankful for deet. Our tent setup and a plan for the day in the park had us in bed by 10:30. Looking forward to exploring tomorrow.