Unlike South America there doesn’t seem to be too many lake-filled calderas in the United States.  Although we hiked along Ecuador’s Quilotoa and Laguna Cuicocha in Otavalo not too long ago, our breaths were still taken away by the majestic beauty of Oregon’s only national park, Crater Lake National Park.  Another plus was its vicinity to the California state line, so the drive didn’t take long at all coming from Mount Shasta. Most people will only need 1 full day to explore what the park has to offer, but I easily filled two days by spending the first day hiking and the…