PCT day 82 - mile 1809 to mile 1839 (Crater Lake)
Today the trail was going through the rim of the Crater Lake, definitely one of the highlights of the entire path, very beautiful and and unique terrain. I hiked 12 miles remaining to Mazama a tourist resort just beneath Crater Lake fairly quickly and arrived there just before 10am. I didn't have luck catching a hitchhike, so had to walk two miles to the tourist resort which had a shop and a campsite. Unfortunately there was a power outage and everything was closed but apparently it wasnt far from getting fixed. Since I couldn't resupply or order any food I went to the campsite to check the hiker box which was surprisingly well stocked! I picked up a trail mix, few sachets of oatmeal, fancy peanut butter and half full gas canister. Result! After that I went back to check if the shop was open and indeed it was, so I bought few extra snacks, something to munch on while in town, two postcards and I made my way towards the rim trail located few miles above the town. Here they still...