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Tropical Winterland

Imagine skiing on a mountain then making snow angels and diving into a warm pool as snow falls from the night sky. The Timberline Lodge, built in 1937 on Mount Hood in Oregon, is such a winter wonderland. With its roaring three story fireplace and rustic stone and timber walls that hold back a mountain of snow, it’s perhaps the coziest place in the Universe.

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Those who have seen the horror movie the “Shining” (1980) with Jack Nicholson may recognize the Timberline Lodge, which was used for some of the exterior scenes in this movie. To avoid going mad like Jack in the movie and typing – “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy . . .” I decided to leave my computer behind.

Much better to leave the dulling effects of work behind and dive into the snow, water and life with my nephew Kit and my two nieces Brenna and Tressa.

Happy Holidays from the top of Mount Hood.

Pat, Kit, Brenna and Tressa

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 pm and is filed under Oregon. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Tropical Winterland”

pura vida rick Says:
December 26th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
one more beautiful immersion in the digital vagabond journey. You are my idol. Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2009 to you and all of those you love.

Pura Vida
Ted in Ft. Laud. Says:
June 14th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
It’s June 14th, 2009…..Where are you now Pat? Are you in Fairrax, Cali???