We woke Sunday morning to rain. It wasn’t a light mist either. It was coming down pretty earnestly and it was forecasted to last all day long at the coast.
After walking along the Old Growth Cedar Preserve boardwalk just a short distance from where we had been staying—in the rain—we drove inland toward Mt. Hood. Lucky thing for Kristen that her parents bought her a rain jacket! Didn't do much for her legs though!
And it certainly didn't help my hair at all!
The drive was a bit far to Mount Hood, but it was lovely. The trees at the coast had just barely started turning colors and were mostly and orange-yellow color. As we drove inland, the reds and oranges began to pop up more around us.
It took a couple of hours to drive to Mt. Hood, but we listened to General Conference at 1.5 speed. You can listen to a full session in much less time, though I don’t recommend trying to sing along at that speed.
Mt. Hood was covered in snow. We explored around the Timberline Lodge, Chris walked above it, and then we explored some of the back roads for some picture taking.
We had plans to meet up with some friends for dinner that we had met on the Couple’s Cruise we started going on about ten years ago. It was so good to see them and catch up.
Ben and Kimberly Aanderud and Polly and Nathan Doyel had just returned from two weeks in Italy and happily showed us some of their pictures. We played games, had dinner, and then sat and talked for awhile. (We were playing a called the Great Dalmoudi and Chris was the lesser peon in the game and had to wear a towel on his head).
Chris, Kristen, and I stayed the night at Doyel’s and enjoyed their hospitality. We want to get together again soon or go on a trip together. They are a lot of fun. Even Kristen had fun.