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Mt. Hood Art Wine and Music Festival in Welches Oregon

by Liz Warren

Keep the date open for the weekend of  November 13 from 10 AM - 8 PM and Sunday, November 14 from 10 AM - 5 PM. It's the 21st Annual Holiday Art, Wine & Music Festival at the Resort at the Mountain.

Here are some of the wineries and artisans that will be there over the weekend. A passport for the wine tasting is $15.00 and the event benefits the Oregon Humane Society.

  • Hip Chicks Do Wine
    www.hipchicksdowine.com
    Hip Chicks do WINE is an urban boutique winery in Portland, Oregon. Opened in 2001 -- any winery who boasts both a Wine Goddess and Wine Maven simply HAS to capture your attention! It is their hope to rescue the fun-at-heart beverage from the stranglehold of vocabulary-obsessed neophytes who mistake wine as a free pass into so-called maturity. Come taste how they do it!
  • Bodhichitta Winery
    www.bodhichittawinery.com
    Bodhichitta is Oregon's first not-for-profit winery, located in the heart of the Willamette Valley in Salem, Oregon. Their products represent our connection and respect for nature, the environment and one another. They donate to charities at the local, regional, national and international level. Bodhichitta Winery strives to live up to its name's Sanskrit roots and motto: Passion for wine, compassion for others. Stop by their table and 'connect' with them!
  • Oak Knoll Winery
    www.oakknollwinery.com
    Located eighteen miles west of downtown Portland, Oregon in the beautiful countryside near Hillsboro, Oak Knoll Winery offers visitors a 'retreat from the fast lane.' No doubt Festival guests will enjoy an Oak Knoll retreat right here!
  • Lujon Wine Cellars, Inc.
    www.lujonwinecellars.com
    Lujon Wine Cellars was conceived in 2005 by father and son team Lewis and John Derthick, hence the name Lujon. The wines they create are small production hand crafted wines. Their motto? In vino veritas!
  • Noble Estate Vineyard and Winery
    www.nobleestatevineyard.com
    Noble Estate Vineyard and Winery is a small family-owned business established in 1999 dedicated to producing quality Oregon wines. Located in Eugene, Oregon in a small wine growing region of the southern Willamette Valley, this area has been blessed with a climate similar to that in France and the volcanic soils of Oregon also contribute a delicacy that enhances their wine flavors. Taste for yourself!
  • Methven Family Vineyards
    www.methvenfamilyvineyards.com
    Methven Family Wines is famous for boutique wines including Riesling, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. Their 2007 Pinot Gris was a Double Gold Winner at the 2009 Oregon Wine Awards. You may be able to taste a future award-winner during the Festival!
  • Vitis Ridge Wines
    www.vitisridge.com
    Making wines since 1995, this group of five partners operates a small boutique winery producing approximately 2500 cases of wine per year. Talk about boutique!

And take a peek at just some of the confirmed artisans you'll enjoy too. If you have time -- study up on their websites before you come! You'll enjoy their beautiful work more than ever!

Mt. Hood Land Swap

by Liz Warren

U.S. Forest Service planners of the Mt. Hood/Government Camp land swap  have just held a public meeting in Portland on Tuesday to present the exchange plan and to take comments by the public. This swap of 769 acres of land owned by Mt. Hood Meadows Oregon LLC and  includes the Cooper Spur Ski area and lodge would be traded for around 120 acres of National Forest land on the South side of Mt. Hood.

Proponents of the swap include the  Hood River Valley Residents Committee who want to protect the Crystal Springs watershed that services around 25% of the Hood River Valley drinking water. Details of the discussion can be found here

Mt. Hood Land Swap

Ten Reasons To Buy A Home Now

by Liz Warren

The recent media bash for homeownership by Time Magazine was disappointing to read. The housing bubble and crash was not created by "homeownership" it was created by EASY CREDIT and LENDING PRACTICES.

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal by Brent Arends explains why this is the perfect time to purchase a home. Here is a summary:

 10 reasons to buy a home on Mt. Hood

Mt. Hood Heritage Day in Government Camp

by Liz Warren

This Saturday celebrates the Mt. Hood Heritage Day in Government Camp. This is a local fund raising event for the Mt. Hood museum in Government Camp.

Details may be found here. 

Huckleberry Breakfast on Mt. Hood

by Liz Warren

AUGUST 28th and 29th!

Huckleberry Breakfast on Mt. Hood

Sandy River Water Trail

by Liz Warren

Have you heard of the Sandy River Water Trail? This is 38 miles of the Sandy River starting in our Mt. Hood area and flowing down to the Columbia River. This site helps with maps, suggested sections of the river to use dependent upon your ability to canoe, kayak, and raft.  Check out this handy reference site for the Sandy River Water Trail.

Mt. Hood's Mother of All Relays!

by Liz Warren

Are we ready? It's that time of year again where the mountain turns a little bit crazy with wacky costumes and vans decorated with clever themes and distractions starting August 27th! It's the yearly Hood to Coast Relay from Mt. Hood to Seaside. Details here.

Mt. Hood Relay Hood to Coast

What Happened to Mt. Hood's Marmot Dam?

by Liz Warren

Interested in information about the removal of Marmot Dam? Sources say the results are amazing as far as the fish numbers coming back...nearly double what the predictions were calculated! Coming up this August 21st there's a presentation at the Marmot Dam area on what happened to the silt from the dam removal.

This link will download a pdf file on the August 21st presentation.

This link will take you to information on the dam removal project.

Here is a 6 minute video on Marmot Dam and it's removal.

 

New Timberline Lodge Chef On Board!

by Liz Warren

There's a new chef in town up at Timberline Lodge, Jason Stoller Smith. He recently put together a great Northwest meal at the While House. Enjoy this news story on channel 12.

http://www.kptv.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks={videoid:4302506}

 

Timberline Mountain Music Series is Cancelled

by Liz Warren

Music lovers on the mountain are disappointed to hear the news that the Timberline Mountain Music Series of free concerts has been cancelled this season.

Guess what! The forest service has received 4.25 million dollars of stimulus money. Some of this money will be used to work on the infrastructure of Timberline Lodge. Some of this work will be done this summer at Timberline therefore halting the concert series due to construction.

 

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