We awoke this morning to find that we had quite the day on our hands -- windy, 40 degrees, and raining. We passed some time by eating breakfast at the lodge buffet and Katy got the biggest hot chocolate I've ever seen in my life. She should have brought her camera with her because no one will believe how big it was. It was huge.
The bright side of being stuck inside was that we were stuck inside at the Timberline Lodge, which is pretty much designed for being stuck inside. It's got lots of places to hang out and a warm (3 story) fireplace. It was built in 1937 by the WPA and basically looks like something straight out of White Christmas.
We bided our time reading but it didn't look like it was going to clear up any time soon so headed to Portland, never having seen Mt. Hood while actually on Mt. Hood, but we've been told it was actually there.
We're currently at our Portland homebase resting up for our 3-day city extravaganza. Our hotel is near one of the trendy neighborhoods so we're going to head out to find something for dinner.
You can see the rest of our pictures here.
Tomorrow: downtown Portland!
I just saw a documentary on the construction and renovation of the Timberline Lodge a few nights ago. I'm insanely jealous you got to stay there ;)