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Linda, posing by the BFD (Big frikkin' Dodge) right before we left the Timberline Lodge. Note the black crow on the pole. Is that freaky, or what? Visiting the place where "The Shining" was filled kept us entertained and busy over the four days we were there.
Late in the afternoon, the Timberline Lodge remains frozen in place on the slopes of Mt. Hood.
Jim-n-Linda find a quiet place in front of the picture window in the Ram's Head Bar on the second level of the Timberline Lodge. Note the icicles hanging down outside the window.
Jim-n-Linda at the main fireplace inside the Timberline Lodge while on their honeymoon in January, 2006.
We spent a bit of time in the Ram's Head Bar (second level) as it was about the only place to eat and to enjoy a Hot Buttered Jack! Here, you can spot some of the scenery behind the bar. At night, the bright, interior lights of the bar cast tall shadows of liquour bottles over the snow outside the Overlook. I mean, the Timberline.
When Linda and I set out on our honeymoon and agreed to let it all hang out, I had no idea that it had anything to do with her launching herself out of the third floor hotel window!!!
Jim-n-Linda stand facing one another in front of a window in the Timberline Lodge. What a honeymoon! Yowzers!
A day or two ago, I posted a photo of Linda sitting in front of this very window. When you compare the photos, you can see that it's REALLY been snowing up here!
If you haven't seen "The Shining" in a while, go watch it and then come back and look at this picture. This is the identical hotel exterior that you will see in that movie. It's a bit creepy. And then watch the Weber/Demornay remake of that movie...there's no Timberline Lodge in it, but it's a much better movie.
A favorite photo I was able to get of Mt. Hood as I hiked around in the snow over the TimberLine Lodge, back where the maze is .... or is supposed to be ... (grin). For a guy who loves the Cascades, seismology and tectonics, there were some amazing sights on this honeymoon trip. (And some were the mountains!)
Go ahead ... ask me if it's cold here ...
Here is a wonderful photo of Mt. Hood taken from inside the Timberline Lodge. When the weather is good, you can see all the scenery you want to see without leaving the Lodge.
After two days of sometimes-intense snow, it was a delight to wake up on January 4, 2006, to see sunshine. Now I know what they mean when they say: snowblind.
The workmanship at the Timberline is amazing and the woodwork nothing short of incredible. Here, Linda poses in a secret stairwell we found. Well, not secret, really, but off the beaten path - descending from the Cascade Dining Room level to the lobby level.
When you look at the construction of The Timberline Lodge, it is nothing short of amazing - the rafters and supports were fashioned from huge trees. We bought a DVD that chronicles the construction of the Lodge. Or you can see it here on channel 24 on a continuous loop. We've been, ah, too busy to watch that, quite frankly - so we got the DVD.
I gave the firehoses a very wide berth at the Timberline Lodge ... I saw the movie, I know what they can do ...
Interior shots for Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" were not shot at the Timberline, only some of the exterior shots. But still, it's eerie to walk down the long corridors...
It snowed all day January 3, some six inches or so in total. Here's a photo of the Dodge taken before the heavy snow hit...
Linda at the Ram's Head Bar at the Timberline Lodge.
The icicles hanging from all exposed exterior surfaces of the lodge are long and hard, and, in this case, hang a little to the left.
Great shot of the Timberline Lodge, where Jim W. Coleman and his bride, Linda, honeymooned in the first week of January, 2006.
Jim W. Coleman films while freezing his tender bits on the ski lift. It was COLD with blowing snow throughout the 1,000 foot climb up Mt. Hood.
When we saw this car buried in snow at the Timberline Lodge, we joked that it must be the caretaker's car.
Good shot of Linda and the huge accumulations of snow against the window on the 2nd level.
The Jim W. Coleman BookMobile at the Timberline Lodge!
Boy, if this didn't make us feel right at home ... being VW people. :)
Information about the Timberline Lodge as it appears on the main fireplace.
I've never seen anything like it! This is a view out of our window at the Timberline Lodge on Jan. 2, 2006. It's snowing outside, and there is a steady stream of people getting into the pool! Maybe we'll have to give that a shot!
A view of the fireplace at the Timberline. The fireplace rises through all levels and is the "hang out" of the Lodge. Linda and I are on the top floor, room 301.
The road to the Timberline Lodge wasn't bad going in but it did start to snow right as we were leaving to head back into town for a spell. When we got back to the Timberline, the parking lot was empty and we could park closer.
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