Cabin Time

The third weekend of September, some friends of ours invited us to join them at their cabin and we were happy to accept. We drove up Friday afternoon and met Chuck and Arlene at the cabin, arriving in time for a late lunch, a walk around the area, and a delicious dinner.

Saturday morning, we went for a hike with Arlene to Lucky Lake. It was about a mile to the lake, which was beautiful and peaceful.

We stopped for a small picnic lunch, then walked around the lake chatting about all kinds of things from childhood injuries to travel.

I loved that we were hiking in the Three Sisters Wilderness. There are three mountains in the area: North Sister, Middle Sister, and South Sister.

After another small lunch at the cabin, we went with Chuck to Newberry National Volcanic Monument. First we drove to the top of the crater and admired the view.

Then we walked along part of the Big Obsidian Flow Trail. It was easy to see why it's called the Big Obsidian Flow, there was obsidian everywhere.

Joshua wanted to take a picture of the piece of obsidian he found to show Micah, who always likes finding obsidian.

We returned to the cabin in time for another delicious dinner, followed by sitting around enjoying a fire in the fireplace.

The cabin was right by the river, which was perfect for sitting and reading in the mornings with a cup of tea.

Sunday morning it was foggy, which made it seem even more quiet. We had breakfast together, then played a couple rounds of pinochle before Joshua and I headed back to Eugene. It was a great, relaxing last weekend of summer before school started the next day.