Day 29-30: Tue - Wed Aug 7-8, 1962: Crater Lake

Trip Start Jul 10, 1973

Trip End Aug 28, 1973

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Flag of United States Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Tuesday, August 7, 1973

We woke up this morning to a dreary, drab, drizzly day. Our main attraction, beautiful Crater Lake, was no where to be seen in the dense fog. Consequently, our memories of Crater Lake National Park would become something entirely different.

Crater Lake in the fog

We ended up at a small cabin where the National Park Service was showing movies of the Kilauea volcanic eruption in Kilauea Iki Crater in Hawaii. The eruptions occurred from November 14 to December 20, 1959 and produced some of Kilauea's most spectacular lava fountains of the 20th century. Momma, Terri & I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film. http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/history/1959Nov14/#episodes

After the movie, we went to an area with a coffee shop & gift shop. It was here we saw the newspaper headline about Marilyn Monroe's death. This was the second unrelated event that we all think of when we remember Crater Lake.

Marilyn Monroe is dead

We stayed at Crater Lake a second day, hoping to see the magnificent lake. The fog cleared ever so slightly and we were able to see a small view of the lake below. We were so close yet so far away from experiencing this wonderful national park. For now, Crater Lake would always be Kilauea and Marilyn Monroe!

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