I had to jerry rig my hatch mechanism. But I manage to fix it. Had too much spring rate and it would eject the pin every other time. Total pita, but now it's fixed and its working better than ever. Getting ready as usual. We ended up doing laundry again.
Riding through to crater lake, we got there relatively quickly. We took a pit stop at this gorge
We arrive at crater lake very quickly. At the lookout there was a hike up to a lookout point about a mile up. We decided not to do that. Instead we went to the next stop where we can walk down to the water. It was a hell of a walk down. I had all my leathers on and even brought my jacket.
It was very steep grade and likely over a mile and a half down hill. We already know walking up will be a #%*+^
Got to the bottom. Then we went down to the water, debating whether to jump in with my leathers. Decided to hop in and swim. Notice wet leathers. Yermo has photo of me swimming. Here is Yermo still sporting his shades while swimming.
The water was cold af! Like freezing, but it was awesome. You can see so far down, kinda creepy. They also allow snorkeling and scuba. Something to do next time!
Here is me getting ready to walk up. We spend a good 45 min there. It was quite the hike. Super steep and spirals up, with multiple switch backs. Yermo showing his happiness at the top.
To both of our surprise, we rested and were just fine. We got on our bike and left.
We did 109 miles of awesome down hill mountain road. I want to say the road is 138. 80 miles of downward spiral. We got into town and found a place to stay. Tomorrow we reach the pacific.
Yermo stated that my riding has improved. I haven't really been trying to actively improve my riding, I think the miles does its own thing.
Crater lake look surreal. Just when I thought it wouldn't get any better! I've seen everything this trip. It's hard to imagine anything else will top these sights, but each time I am amazed.
I have come to two conclusion at the end of the day today. 1. I need to get out more 2. All these sci fi people are not as creative as I thought.