Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy: The Online Diary of a Central Oregon Grandmother

Welcome to the online diary of a Central Oregon Grandmother (me) who is busy celebrating the positive portions of her everyday life ... along with her best friend husband (Cary). It is quite an eclectic diary and I try to do my best to incorporate a little bit of history into many of my posts. Your visit to our piece of American Pie is greatly appreciated. This chatty Kathy posts frequently, so coming back to visit often is highly encouraged.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Newberry Crater: Ten Mile Snow Park

Last night when we went to bed, we thought that we would hook up the trailer and go camping on the McKenzie. Then we woke up to not-the-best-weather and that sounded like way too much work. So, instead, we took a drive up Newberry Crater and did some sight seeing.

Our first stop was at the Ten Mile Snow Park. In the winter, the road is closed right after this point, but you can bring your snowmobiles, park your rigs, and ride the trails 3 miles to Paulina Lake Lodge, which is open year round. Someday Cary and I will actually do that. We have a couple of older snowmobiles that we bought several years ago, but we really haven't used them much yet.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Parking lot.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Hand carved map of the area.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

The Lodge where you can go in and warm up. They were having a meeting in here this morning, so I only took pictures of the outside.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

La Pine Redi Mix, Inc. brought the concrete for

the foundation of the lodge when it was built in 1999.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

The trails are well marked, telling you

which way to go to get to Paulina Lake Lodge.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Or, you can go cross country skiing instead.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Timber!


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2 comments:

BECKYJune 19, 2010 at 9:28 PM
All so beautiful,Kathy! Thanks for sharing all your photos! I had to laugh at the difference between your husband's pictures and yours! He doesn't smile....just like my husband, and you have a beautiful, happy smile....just like me!! :D
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Oregon Gifts of Comfort and JoyJune 20, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Thank you, Becky. I printed a bunch of them off last night until I ran out of ink! Ha! Actually Cary does smile often, but a lot of it is in his eyes. Thinking about it, I guess he only shows his teeth when he is laughing. Thanks for the compliments.
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