Katie Barnicle's Senior Project: Katie's Outdoor Adventures

     For my final week, I planned a backpacking trip near Mt. Hood. I organized a trip itinerary, researched the area, and created a collaborative packing list. We drove out to the trail and headed up to Lower Twin Lake, where we would be camping. I chose this trail because its super beginner-friendly, especially for backpacking which can be significantly harder than hiking because of all of the added weight. It was a quick two-mile hike up to the lake. Once we got to the lake it was beautiful and clear, so we set up our camp right away and ate lunch. Soon after there were some pretty heavy winds that started blowing over the lake, making our camp much colder than forecast. It then started raining and the weather wasn't showing signs of calming down. With that, we decided to pack up our camp and drive somewhere warmer and more comfortable. We ended up going to the beach and doing a beautiful hike in the morning, Neakhani Mountain, which gave a great few of the ocean. This...

     This week I planned a trip to a beautiful campsite, little crater lake. We were lucky to have amazing weather over our trip, allowing us to appreciate nature even more. On our way to our campsite, we stopped at a much bigger lake to go swimming, clear lake. As we were finding our way to clear lake google maps took us on logging roads and need at a trailhead to walk down to the lake. We thought it was pretty awesome and remote, but as we drove down 26 later we realized there was a completely paved road and parking lot that lead to the lake. We laughed about it but appreciated the adventure we had had. This is clear lake.     After finishing our swim we headed back to the car and drove to our campsite. There we set up all of our stuff and walked to the little crater lake. The lake was formed by a crater and is spring-fed causing it to be very cold, so there was, unfortunately, no swimming allowed. We were able to relax, enjoy the beauty and eat lots of r...