Mirror Lake

Byline: Adam (my first post on Straw World)

After Todd, Angela, and I went to the coast on Saturday, Todd and I went off to hike on Sunday. We hiked to Mirror lake (so named for its reflection of Mount Hood) and then on to Tom, Dick, and Harry mountain...one mountain, really, with three distinct peaks. The hike was fairly easy especially given the GREAT views you get as reward. Not only can you see Mount Hood from the top, but Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams, and Mount Jefferson as well.

The lake was not glassy enough to be a perfect mirror, but you get the idea.

Lilly came along and had fun "swimming" in the lake. Actually, she doesn't swim, she goes in just as far as she can still touch. We are working on the swimming thing.

A view of Mount Hood on the way up.

Todd on the summit of Tom, Dick, and Harry. We never really found out which of the three peaks we had climbed.

A boy and his dog.

The mountaineers.

Another artsy shot inspired by my Dad who loves the foreground image (mostly dead trees, flowers had to do in this case).

He Loves Me

Adam professed his love for me while we were watching the sunset after dinner at Roseanna's.

Three Arch Rocks and Roseanna's

We ate dinner at a place called Roseanna's. It was a wonderful meal. They had great seafood and marion berry cobbler. This is where Todd and Carrie ate the day they got engaged. I should have taken a picture of the front of the restaurant but all we took was this picture from the beach. One of the building's on the right side of the picture is Roseanna's. You can see how close to the water we are.
This was our view from the restaurant. We were there around sunset and watched the rest from the beach.
What a beautiful sunset!

Rock Beach in Oceanside

Walking in the really cold ocean in Oceanside, OR.
So I don't know the real name of the beach or even if it had one, but it had all kinds of great rocks on it. Todd and Adam skipped rocks for a long while.
Drying off my feet so I can put my shoes and socks back on.

Cape Mears Light House

Next stop, the lighthouse. Todd proposed to Carrie, his wife, inside this lighthouse fifteen years ago! Carrie was not with us but Todd did call her. It was really a nice view. The staff at the lighthouse are all volunteers. They have limited hours because of this, we got there as they were closing the doors. Todd begged the lady to let us in, he said " I proposed here 15 years ago do you think we could go up for just a little bit? " The lady obliged and we got to see the inside really quick. It was really cool to see, a very nice proposal spot in deed!

Netarts Bay

Our next stop with Todd was an overlook of Netarts Bay. The view was amazing and the coast was so clear!
I could live on that overlook with a view like this.

Munson Falls and Subway Picnic

Our Friend Todd Schelling visited us from SC last weekend. He was on business for Intel like Adam is. He took us on a tour of his favorite things to see while he is in Oregon. One of them is Munson Falls. it is a nice short hike to see it and the view is fabulous! We had a Subway picnic at the base of the falls before we started our hike.

Adam and I in front of the falls.

Thanks for showing us the falls Todd!