Oregon Road Trip
(by SR) We set out from San Jose on a Sunday morning, so there was little traffic to contend with. Our ultimate destination was Crater Lake up in Oregon, and we’d already made hotel bookings at various stops along the way, because neither of us had seen that part of the state before. Also, we found that by pre-planning this aspect, we could avoid the impending July 4 th surge!! Our first stop was Mount Shasta . [Pics: 1 2 ] It was a 300 mile journey at the end of which we stayed at the Best Western Tree House. If you do go to Shasta, we recommend you make a stop for dinner at Lily’s, an organic restaurant down town, which seems pleasantly progressive when you are surrounded in such rustic simplicity!! Also visit Lake Siskiyou (great circular hike around for 7 miles) and pass through the town of Weed, CA! The following day we left California and headed to the city of Klamath Falls, which is about another 85 miles north and is in Oregon. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Resort up...