A destination resort town full of rentals and second homes, Sunriver is located on the East side of the Cascade Mountain Range, where our state takes on a completely different look from what you're used to seeing in my pictures. The state of Oregon is primarily dry and desert-y. The rain clouds roll in off of the Pacific Ocean, dumping a large portion of their rain load on the coastal areas and on the Coast Range. What's left (still a sizeable amount of rain) is mostly scattered over the areas leading East toward the Cascades. Our home is nestled up against the foothills of Mt. Hood, where we get almost enough yearly rainfall to be classified as a rainforest. By the time the clouds get across the Cascades (if they do), there is very little moisture left to irrigate the rest of the state, so it looks like this:
My eyes and skin get so very dry and itchy when we stay on this side of the state for very long, so it is not my favorite. But the memories we are making with the kids and their cousins and even for us grown-ups makes it worth the trek.
Pool time, eating yummy meals together (the Farmboy makes his famous Crepes for breakfast and Ribs for dinner; I have to do blessed little food prep while there which is a nice break), live music at the Sunriver Lodge, laughing, telling stories, catching up on all the times we've spent apart, floating down the Deschutes River together, and wrapping the weekend up with ice cream cones from Goody's. These are the memories our kids look forward to all year long.
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