And staying with friends. What I had been quietly thinking of as a restful day after all that driving yesterday turned into a bit more exercise than I had planned.
Kris normally goes jogging in the morning. Out of kindness to me, we walked the 3.6 miles around the local lovely lake rather than jog/run the distance. Yes, it was essentially flat.
The lake is lovely. The geese left us alone.
The turtles were out sunning themselves and there were other joggers but mostly walkers and a few fishermen.
I would have been ready for a nap but instead we headed out along with the guys to the Timberline Lodge at Mt Hood. The lodge was built in the 1930s as a WPA project and it amazing in terms of wood and iron work as well as the art from the time that still graces the lodge. It is still an operational lodge catering to skiers, snowboarders, and obviously various meetings/convention groups (the current group of EMS personnel were just checking in). One of the lifts was running and there were more than a few skiers and snowboarders obviously taking advantage of the beautiful weather and the abundance of snow pack.
after lunch we headed out old HWY 30 to see waterfalls.
First there was Horsetail Falls –
Then there was hiking up to the observation area on Muktnomah Falls
followed by along the ridge (.6miles each way) to Wahkeena Falls and back.
I figure I was doing well by the time we got back to the car with only one small blister…
