At Crater Lake

Here they are! The 2006-07 GAPP kids! Well, a couple of them are missing - mostly on the American side.

We had Friday off from school, and I was one of the drivers. Besides Diana & Leonie, I had the German kids' teacher, and one of the American kids' teachers. So the adults talked in front, and the girls in the back.

On the way up, we hiked at Watson Falls, which the german students really enjoyed. They live in a very flat part of Germany, and hilly hikes with waterfalls are just way cool to them. Then we got to Crater Lake and ate lunch, took a bunch of pictures & then headed back toward home.

We also did part of the "Dread & Terror" trail on the way back. If you're up our way, you gotta do that one. The "dread & terror" part isn't the trail so much as it used to be very difficult to get the mail thru that section via horseback - too many blackberry bushes and other pokey plants. The trail itself is all full of water features. It's a good idea to wear shoes that can get wet, since a lot of the trail is partly in water. Water emerges from the walls, above & under the trail (where is it all coming from?). It's not a tough hike at all, but be prepared to get wet.

We had a spectacular day, weather-wise, and all the kids enjoyed it (as did the adults!).