Lost Lake

Outdoor Vino from Naked Winery- obviously!!

I am not sure if you googled "Lost Lake Oregon", but Oregon has at least 19 lakes with this moniker. This Lost Lake is probably the most known, I'd imagine. There is a small resort here that charges you $7 for parking for the day. The lake is about 21 miles southwest of Hood River, located just north of Mt. Hood and provides spectacular views on a clear day. There's some fishing available for brown, brook, and rainbow trout and kokanee salmon. There are no motor boats allowed. We saw quite a few paddlers as well as some aluminum hulls powered by oars and arms. The resort has some of these available to rent and some rustic cabins and a general store. We did not stop by the general store even out of curiosity. Despite being further "inland" from the Columbia River, it was still quite windy and gusty. We started out very chilly and quickly warmed up in the sun and with the exertion of human power. We clung to the northern half of the lake because it was the sunniest (widest area). Unfortunately the view to the south was still very cloudy and only the base of Mt. Hood was visible. We did notice that every time a cloud covered the sun large gusts of wind would arrive, which at least made it predictable. [...]

Victoria and the Maiden Voyage

For Memorial Day weekend we went up to visit Matt's grandma. We left on Thursday evening after work. I had driven the Suby with the kayaks on top to the office and because it was nearly flooding outside, received a few Noah's Ark jokes. It proceeded to rain very hard the entire way up. It was a bit nerve wracking between the darkness, the heavy rain, and our first long trip with the kayaks (aside from moving from one town to another). We made it just fine and at about a quarter to midnight. Our plan originally was to get up and catch the first ferry over to Victoria, but we were not confident in our ability to get up after arriving so late. Turns out we both woke up the next morning without an alarm... at 6 am. [...]