Timberline Lodge

We went up to Timberline on Saturday afternoon and it was beautiful! It has been raining for so long now, but we were very lucky because it decided to clear up for our special day. The drive was actually very quick, about an hour in a half. Myles took me past the McMinnimins Edgefield on the way. I had always thought that it was really far from Portland, but its actually not far at all. I know that they have really good bands play there all of the time, so I hope we get to go sometime.

Timberline was very unique and beautiful. I love that you can drive an hour from Portland and be in the snow year round. The lodge was built in the 30's during the depression. All materials are from the local area and everything was made by hand. The lodge was amazing and beautiful. I wish we had more time to hang around in the lodge. We did get to swim in the heated pool surrounded by snow. That was really fun and different, but SO COLD when we got out! People would ski by and look over the fence and ask us if it was heated.. If it wasn't heated it would have been frozen solid!

We had dinner at the pub there and I had spiced apple cider which was so delicious! Myles had beer from the Mt. Hood brewery. We didn't do much except swim and lay around. We brought lots of snacks too - and had snow right out the window so we could put our food in it to keep it cooled. At about 3 in the morning there was a loud rumble that shook the whole place. It was SO loud and scary. Mind you we are sleeping right at the top of a volcano peak, and this scared the heck out of me. I thought the mountain was ready to blow for sure! Myles woke up as well, but we weren't able to tell if we were buried in the snow or not because our window was already buried from before. The next morning I asked several people about it, and the only person who said they heard anything was a little kid, and he said he heard it all night long... so I don't think it was the same thing. I know that I heard it though!!!