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on Mount Hood, for Christmas 2006!
Yes we're bad.
Yesterday we headed North to spend a night at the lodge.
After ~140miles and ~2:45 of driving we arrived.
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and went right out to hike the trails.
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which are well buried under many feet of
groomed "bunny slopes" during the winter.
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(Uschi would love to play with the
Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels!)
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We had a big dinner at the restaurant,
and headed back to the room...
and headed back to the room...
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a view of Mount Jefferson to the South,
and western decor.
(creaky wood floors and knotty pine walls)
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In the morning we sat in the lobby for a while
staring at the mountaintop, then headed back home
to the boys. Predictably, they had missed us...
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He is a purring, mushy mess.
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"What did you bring me?" ...
"Those aren't French fries!"
Sorry Vladi, these are acorns we collected at a rest stop.
Hopefully they will be our oak trees some day.
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