Crater Lake

If you remember a previous post about marathons, you know that Pat was supposed to run the Crater Lake Marathon August 11. A client of Pat's had reservations at the Crater Lake Lodge that he was not going to be able to use, so he offered it to us. We had a beautiful room over looking the lake with no television or telephone. It was so peaceful. We had a wonderful dinner in the dining room and walked around the crater. All during this time Pat is waffling back and forth as to whether or not he was going to run the 1/2 marathon, try to do the full, or maybe just do a quick 6 miler. I don't think he even knew when we went to bed!

Well the room was beautiful, but there is no AC in the Lodge and we were on the top floor, it was steaming hot in our room that night, even with both windows open. The bed was much soggier than what we are used to and so neither of us slept very well. So when the alarm went off at 4:30 for him to catch his 5am bus to the race start.... He turned it off and went back to sleep.

The race didn't happen for Pat, but we had a wonderful time. A relaxing, delicious breakfast with a great hike up Mt Garfield. It was a wonderful weekend.


Looking toward Klamath from Mt Garfield.