When Home is a Resort

Timberline Lodge is at the top of Mount Hood in Oregon. It is a lovely lodge, very mid-20th century looking. There is skiing on Mount Hood pretty much year round. We were there in late June a few years ago and watched skiers and snowboarders from the lodge.

Julie worked at nearby Mount Hood Meadows, which also has a lodge, but not nearly as nice as Timberline. She writes that Mount Hood is a beautiful mountain to have in your backyard.

There was an article on CNN just recently about a man who grew up in Timberline Lodge. Jeff Kohnstamm's family has operated the lodge for half a century. He and other's who work to keep the place operating have a book due out this fall called Timberline Lodge: A Love Story -- Diamond Jubilee Edition.