My Cousin Clif, with Mount Hood in the background.
We arrive at The Timberline Lodge.
If it looks familiar, the Hotel was used as the outside of the Overlook Hotel in Jack Nicholson version of The Shining.
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977, Timberline Lodge is one of Oregon’s most popular tourist attractions, drawing nearly two million visitors every year. Considered an architectural wonder, it’s still being used for its original intent—a magnificent ski lodge and mountain retreat for all to enjoy.
A Native American welcomes visitors to the Timberline.
Not everyone thought it could be done. Build a ski lodge near the top of Oregon’s tallest mountain at the brutal height of the Great Depression? But build it they did—entirely by hand, inside and out—from massive timbers and rock they found in the wilderness. “They” were unemployed craftspeople hired by the Federal Works Progress Administration. Timberline Lodge is a tribute to their skills and a monument to a government that responded to the needs of its people in a desperate time.
Ground was broken on June 14, 1936. Work was done amazingly quick, rushed due to extreme weather conditions and the uncertainty of the WPA’s future. Just 15 months had passed, when President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the completed lodge on September 28, 1937.
Some pics of the original Timberline furniture.
The Cascade Dining Room.
The Blue Ox Bar.
The Ramshead Bar.
A Hall.
Our room.
Cozy fire.
Some of the original art work.
Back on the road, looking for hot water.
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