Mid-week Escape

Both B and I had the day off today. We didn't actually realize this until we got up this morning and the conversation went a little like this:
Me: "When do you have to work?"
B: "I don't work today, when do you have to work?"
Me: "I have the day off."
B: "You do?"
Me: "Yeah, let's go hiking!"
Seriously, it is mind-bending how in touch we are with one another's schedules.

So, we flawlessly executed a textbook Hoybook Alpine Start and made big plans to take Kate up to Mt. Hood and Timberline Lodge for her first hike along the Timberline Trail.  Those plans, however, were quickly aborted when we arrived to sunny skies at Timberline, but wind gusts in the 40's.  Yikes.  We drove back down to Government Camp and headed for the calm shores of Trillium Lake.

We finished the two mile trek around the lake in about an hour, threw some rocks at some ducks in the water, had a Jeep picnic and drove back to Portland. It was a great mid-week mountain escape with my two favorite people.