Saturday August 18th

We drove around Crater Lake to start out our day. The boat tour with the drop off at Wizzard Island was unavailable due to a broken boat. We then decided to hike Mt Scott to the still functioning lookout tower. The hike was 5 miles round trip with 1250 in elevation. It was a nice hike, the weather was cool, perfect for exerting on the way up, just a bit chilly initially on the way down.


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