A - Z Challenge: The Letter P is for Paulina Lake Pig Roast (2009)

I posted this the first time on Labor Day Weekend, 2009.

 Source: From Old Books.com

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Todd and Karen Brown, Owners of Paulina Lake Lodge
Here is one of my other posts about this
awesome place, when you are done with this one:  please CLICK HERE.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Paulina Lake Lodge is located northeast of La Pine, Oregon, in the Newberry Crater Caldera.  Cary and I enjoy going there throughout the summer.  It is only about a 20 minute drive from our house, and we are transported into another world in that short of time.  Not only is there Paulina Lake, but right next to it is East Lake.  There is the Big Obsidian Flow, Paulina Falls, Paulina Peak and more.   

Every year, at the end of the summer season, Paulina Lake Lodge holds an old-fashioned pig roast, with a live band and lots of fun.  We had fresh roast BBQ pork, coleslaw, beans, and more.  The food was delicious, of course!  Sorry that I didn't take close-ups of it.  The band is usually J.P. and The Soulsearches, who play frequently on Sundays at the lodge throughout the summer. 

Even if you skim through this long post, please take 10 seconds to watch these little boys.  I can't believe that I caught this on my camera.  It may have been the first video that I had taken with it.  They are so cute:

The Peeps Having Fun:

It was cold and windy that day; 

you can see how we were all bundled up.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

J.P. and the Soulsearchers:

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Please click here for the post about the band, close-up photos and a link to their music page.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

  Paulina Lake:

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Today is the fifteenth day of the A - Z Challenge, which is hosted by  Arlee Bird's: Tossing It Out.   Several of my blogging friends are participating, and this year there are over 1,200 participants. We post everyday, except for Sundays, and work our way through the alphabet. I am posting past photos that I have taken, and am linking them up to the posts where the photos originated from too. When you are all done here at Oregon Gifts,  please click here to visit the other bloggers who are participating in this challenge. 

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