Kramer-Martin Campout 2010: Day #1 Timberline Lodge and Trillium Lake

We made it! Let's go exploring... C'mon Smokey! Timberline Lodge, here we come...

Wow- snow in July! I couldn't believe how many people were skiing and snowboarding on such a hot day.

View of Mt. Hood from behind the lodge
We walked all over the lodge and visited the "museum" area in the basement. We saw the spot where Tim proposed to Keri. I threatened to make them re-enact it, but in the end I let them off the hook.

The timber beams and columns were so impressive. Definitely something from the past.

Mt. Jefferson is just peeking out in the background.

Time to set up our campsite. We stayed at Still Creek campground, which is in the Mt. Hood National forest. We had two adjacent campsites. Our plan was to use one site as a "home base" for meals and campfires. We started by setting this up at the Martins' but soon realized that theirs was not big enough. Rather than take down the net tent (which we always put over the table) the boys just walked it down the road to the other site. It was one of the more humorous spectacles I've seen.

Finally, our little campsite all set up:

Before dinner: time for a swim! It was a 5 minute drive to Trillium Lake from our site.

And finally that evening: s'mores on the campfire. What could be more perfect than that?