Skamania Lodge

We Went for a drive today across the Columbia River to the Washington state side of the Gorge and up the river to the Skamania Lodge. The drive was just beautiful the whole way. There was a little snow on the side of the road but never enough to warrant a stop. We could see snow on the Mountains in the distance and waterfalls on the other side of the Gorge. When we got to the lodge we had some lunch in the restaurant there. Chance has been taken with the waitress' lately and this time the waitress was really into him too. She has two sons with chubby cheeks like Chances. He watched her the whole time she took our order and every time she came back over to our table. The view from the table was wonderful we could see trees and mountains and even some people playing golf on the lodge's course (they must be freezing). Not too long ago Scott got me a nice hard shell suitcase which I have been trying to colect stickers from places I go to put on but so far no where has had any stickers. The nice ladies in the gift shop at the lodge though gave me a couple of the gold foil stickers that they use when gift wrapping things. They were perfect, they even have the name of the lodge on them. Thank you to the gift shop ladies! The drive back to the house was pretty too, we went through a few little towns that were just so cute. I can't think of a way to explain them except Main Street USA with a NorthWest flare. We spent the rest of the day just relaxing. Picture 1 - Chance with waitress. Picture 2 - Grandma G and Grandpa Von. Picture 3 - the view from our table at Skamania Lodge