Drove over to the Hood River and up to Mount Hood. Area is about an hour east of Portland. On a clear day, you can see Mt. Hood from Portland. We stopped in Hood River - a pee stop for Thumper and a wine stop for me at Naked Winery Tasting Room.

 After tasting and purchasing (they do not ship to Connecticut), we headed to upward to Mt. Hood (11,235 ft). You wind up and down Route 35 passing apple farms, pear farms, dairy farms. At approx. 6,000 ft you reach Timberline Lodge. It was also snowing when we reached the lodge, which was not good for pictures. Plenty of snowboarders and skiers out.

Mt. Hood among clouds

Mt. Hood beyond trees

me and Smokey at lodge

skier on mountain

snow

coming down from Mt. Hood

Over the weekend, we went to Portland Market located along the river in town. About 250-300 vendors there on Saturdays and Sundays.

Also located in area is Voodoo Doughnuts - a Portland institution. Skip couldn't believe we stood in line 30 minutes to get in shop for doughnuts. Skip had their mango doughnut and I had their famous

doughnut topped with maple syrup and bacon. Absolutely delicious!!!!!