August 9:Mt. Hood/Timberline Lodge

We were really excited to get to Timberline Lodge that sits at 6000 ft on the south side of Mt. Hood. We had climbed Mt. Hood a couple years ago, and had loved the Lodge. It was just fun to return to a place we'd been before that we really enjoyed.

Timberline Lodge is a historic lodge built by the CCC during the depession. It is built with huge wooden beams and has huge stone fireplaces as well. And, since Mt Hood is one of the few places you can ski year-round, it is always packed.

It was kind of a bummer because there has been a low cloud layer lately, and there really wasn't much of a view. Most of the mountain was clouded in all day and evening.

When we first arived we headed to the Blue Ox Bar for some pizza. We had been there a little while when I heard Mark say, "Did you guys go to school in Indiana?" I turned round to see Jon and Marie (Lawrence) Myers siting at the next table! They graduated a couple years ahead of us, but Jon had led, and Marie was on, my mission trip to Mozambique my freshman year. I had also helped out with his youth group for awhile that year as well. They were just down from Seattle on vacation, but it was a fun surprise to run into fellow IWUers at random.

A few of our hiker friends got a room for the night, so we took advantage and showered and did some laundry before heading outside to camp. It was a bit chilly, but a few of us found a nice spot out of the wind and we were quite cozy once we set up the tarp and bundled up. We were in a restricted camping zone, but a bunch of the workers camp back there for the summer instead of paying for housing, and they were cool with it. It was one of the best nights sleep we had so far. We even went to bed clean!

Total Miles:2107.3
Miles Today:21.5
Camp 104:Timberline Lodge Stealth Camp

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