After I did PSIA's Spring Symposium at Mission Ridge (Wenatchee) I decided to do the Summer Camp at Mt. Hood. A lot goes on at Mt. Hood in the summer so it was a bit confusing to sign up but some kind, experienced PSIA veterans showed me which website and which clinic to sign up for.
Yesterday I took a half day off from work to drive down. It felt like I was in the car for a very long time because I left the office a little after 9:00 a.m. so that I could work on my list of food inspections in south Mt. Vernon and Conway. Between 9:00 a.m. and noon, I got at least 6 food inspections done but had only traveled about 5 miles. Then there was the grocery store stop, traffic in north Seattle until the Convention Center, a slow down because the State Patrol was doing their job, another slow down near Tacoma to avoid blown tire debris, another slow down way down by Woodland due to road construction and finally rush hour traffic in Portland. Once I threaded my way through Gresham and got through the parade route in Sandy, the highway was wide open. I arrived at Government Camp at 5:00 p.m., which was pretty much 8 hours after I left the office!
It was a beautiful warm day and the Best Western is on the entrance road to Government Camp. I decided to walk up the road to town and take pictures. Here's what I saw:
One of the interesting ways to dry and air out ski boot liners. This told me that the ski slopes were very warm and my ski boot liners may have to air outdoors as well.
It was such a warm gorgeous day that I briefly felt sorry that I wasn't in a motel that had a pool. However, those pools are full of teenage kids. I made the right choice after all.
I thought this was a cool building.
How Government Camp got its name.
Glimpse of Mt. Hood from the east end of Government Camp.
It's a good thing I didn't have my wallet during my walkabout. I may have to see about this later.
Oh looky, Mt. Hood Brewing is right next door to my motel!