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.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
Parking lot.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
Hand carved map of the area.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
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| 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.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
Or, you can go cross country skiing instead.
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| Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews |
Timber!
