Lost Lake and Crochet Guild

Hello friends!  I hope you had a good weekend.  We had a busy one!  On Friday I met my blog friend Gracie and her sister for lunch then on to the Crochet Guild of America annual conference where we met a fellow blogger, but more on that further down.  Saturday we went on an adventure to Lost Lake at the base of Mt. Hood.  Sunday we had a Friends of Multnomah Falls Annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic.  

But first let me share some amazing photos of our trip to Lost Lake.  We headed out around noon and drove to Hood River for lunch at Betty's Place, a great diner in old town.  Then headed up and up and up, winding back and forth to the lake.  I was shocked and amazed at how many people were there on a hot Saturday.  I will avoid it on weekends at all cost henceforth!  :-)

But.. oh my.. it was worth the trip to see this.

Zooming in a bit.. 

Closer.. it's a bit naked, isn't it?  :-)

The viewpoint is on the West of the lake, which was our first destination, then we drove back to the lodge, boat dock and swimming area.  Travis, Kristi and the boys hiked from the viewpoint to the boat dock.

Dayle and I drove around and parked and walked down to watch the boys swimming.  Caleb is in front of the paddle board and Hayden is there, too.

The boys had a great time swimming, cooling off and enjoying the lake.  They are water babies for sure.

They rent out kayaks and rowboats and people were having so much fun on this beautiful lake.

Instead of re-tracing our steps back to Hood River and to home, we decided to do the Mt. Hood Loop and go all the way around.  This shot is right below the peak from Hwy 26.

This shot is from Government Camp, if you look close on the bottom right you can actually see the ski lift!

At the same spot there was a patch of Fireweed in bloom.

OK.. back to Friday.  We enjoyed our visit to the CGOA and meeting a fellow blogger, Sue Perez, standing between Gracie and me.  Gracie's sister also joined us as she is in town visiting.  Sue is an accomplished crochet pattern designer and has been published in many crochet magazines.  Her blog is Mr. Micawber's Recipe for Happiness.

I thought you might like seeing these cute earrings being sold.. tiny skeins of yarn made from leftover yarn ends.  :-)

Just one of the booths.. so many varieties of yarns, so many colors, it was fun to squish and ogle.

Sue introduced me to this delightful woman, Kathryn, from Oklahoma.  She is a filet crochet designer and made her skirt!  It was embellished with crocheted flowers.  

I bought this CGOA collector's crochet hook to support the organization.  I can't believe it but I didn't buy any yarn.  But there was some colorful hand-spun that I've kicked myself for not getting.

Yesterday was the Friends of Multnomah Falls Annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic.  We had realized that with so many hiking trails closed due to the fire, that our regular picnic shelter at Latourell Falls would likely be over-crowded.. SO.. I negotiated a good price for the Pavilion at Cascade Locks Marine Park.  WELL.. thank goodness we did that because it was air conditioned and roomy and wonderful and the day was SO HOT, over 90 deg. F.  We were all so glad to be in a cool place for the event.  Here we are for our annual group photo.

I managed to capture a moon shot during the Strawberry Moon but it's certainly not red.  LOL!

Today I have one goal.. pack for my trip to Ohio to see my daughter and granddaughters.  Tomorrow is my flight 3000 miles East.  I have one stop, in Detroit.  I'm not sure when I'll be able to blog again, I guess we'll find out.  :-)  Have a wonderful week!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)