hoodwinked

[chouchoot]

yesterday (as a pre-pre-birthday festivity) my little posse and i made the trek up to mt. hood (about 80 miles away from downtown portland) where, even in the middle of summer, there is still snow on the ground.


road trip!


me, fraxl, james, ben.


sneaky mountain: approaching mt. hood from the highway.




ph0enixinflight holds our cameras.


there was a lot of this.


from mt. hood. snow!


the view, looking out.


"look, y'all, snow!"


james in snow.


snow bunnies!


a betty page ph0enixinflight.


snow and mmmountains!




ben, imaginary snowboarding.


what you cannot see is the rock i am standing on, which i am declaring myself the queen of (?). don't ask.


playing in snow.


snowball!




girl snowboarder!


timberline lodge (used as the overlook hotel for exterior shots in the shining).


our clan from the second level of the lodge.


picnic in the woods.


mount adams over the hood river valley.

Comments

[thetathrees.livejournal.com]

Hahhaha! it blows my mind how *little* snow there is now. Considering when we went up to government camp like a month ago there was still 4 feet at Government Camp.

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

woah! i wish i would've gone a month ago!
yeah, i totally plan on going back to trek in the snow. i'm just a little obsessed ;)

[thetathrees.livejournal.com]

I will totally bring you cross country skiing or snowshoeing! They are the best!! (Unless you are downhill skier/snowboarder types, which I know nothing about.) Whenever I'm in the falling snow I turn into a little kid. It's sooo downright magical!!!

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

i know nothing about ANY of it (seriously yesterday was like the third time i've ever stood on snow in my lifetime!) but i am all about it. to quote morrissey: "take me anywhere i don't care i don't care i don't care."

[thetathrees.livejournal.com]

I didn't either when I moved here! (California girl!) I too had only thrown 3-month-old-snow balls. Snowshoeing is exactly like hiking only you strap thingeys onto your hiking boots. Cross Country skiing is like roller skating but magical. And you actually dress pretty much like you dress for biking in the rain in the city (an outerproof layer, warm non-cotton layers underneath, like any fleece you might have) except you add an extra layer or so. My bike gear actually does double duty when I go up to the mountain.

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

oh, man that sounds amazing!! please please i shall take you up on a snowshoe outing, anytime!

Damn I love that mountain

[thetathrees.livejournal.com]

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/theta444/148543884/)

Here's (http://flickr.com/photos/theta444/148541067/in/set-72057594138106771/) a view down towards Timberline Lodge from the almost-top :)

Also, did you realize that it is a dormant volcano (http://flickr.com/photos/theta444/148540490/in/set-72057594138106771/)? (I know, I'm totally encyclopedia-ing out here..)

Re: Damn I love that mountain

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

awwww, i love it! is that you? (i'm totally snooping around your flickr account now.)

i would love to try to climb mt hood, but i think i'm very far away from pulling that off (umm, multnomah falls was "hard")...

Re: Damn I love that mountain

[thetathrees.livejournal.com]

yep! flickr away. you should put your pics on flickr, it is so fun to get comments and stuff on them. also if you have a flickr account you can make some 'friends' or 'family' only so they are private. If you want to friend me you can see some of my pics that are not publicly available...

Re: Damn I love that mountain

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

ha, it looks like i've already added you to my account (i'm jupiterjuniper)--i really don't use flickr for anything these days (in between photobucket and picasa), because i'm maxed out for a free account and don't want to pay for the pro.

[mareeuh.livejournal.com]

Definitely reminds me of Colorado, especially Timberline Lodge, since the Stanley Hotel (which was the inspiration for the Shining)is located here. I love snow in the summertime. :)

[makenmelodye.livejournal.com]

How are you all in T-SHIRTS standing in the SNOW!!! You are blowing my mind!

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

it was like 80 degrees!
my mind was blown, too!

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

you HAVE TO KNOW if windy's standing around in a t-shirt, that the temperature is a non-issue.

[ph0enixinflight.livejournal.com]

'Tis true... I was only "cold" when the snow was down my pants/in my shoes. Otherwise... it was freakin' hawt out! ;-)

[skyabove.livejournal.com]

fun fun!