We’re just about home. Final stop is Crater Lake.
We were thinking about camping here too, but given that the area gets 44 feet of snow a year and that the park is only officially open for July and August we decided we were a bit too early.
Still I wanted to drive by and see it.
Yep it’s still early.
There’s still a giant snowplough on standby.
Still fun to see it now before all the snow melts.
If only it wasn’t like a 2 hour detour to go.
And across from ‘Orongo is Rano Kau, an extinct volcano, crater lake and one of 3 fresh water drinking sources on the island.
There was a moai overlooking the crater here but the British folk took it, put it on a boat and put it on display in a British museum — in Britain. Ah those brits.
There’s also a growing large crack on the side of the crater that’s threatening to drop the entire village of ‘Orongo into the ocean.
That’s some kind of living on the edge.