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• 2026-06-27 Our first big adventures -- the South loop

  Eighteen days from Portland south to Lassen, Lava Beds, and Crater Lake, then back through Bend, and an air conditioner with its own ideas about when to run.

• 2026-06-23 A small Crater Lake on the beach at Diamond Lake

  A day off the rim: shallow water, a sandcastle version of the lake next door, and the drive back to camp in the long Cascade light.