a bridge too far

from the rim of the lake, a gently winding stretch of highway 232 (this is closed in winter) merges with 138 and you turn right to proceed east. this stretch of 138 is rather peculiar in one way: at about 5000' it is only a few hundred feet lower than crater lake's rim and still in a deeply forested wilderness, but from this point until it abuts with highway 97, it cuts straight as an arrow. and that's where it ends.