growyourwings | Sunriver

We all went for a three day trip to Sunriver in central Oregon. Our family has been going there off and on for 20ish years. Central Oregon is a beautiful spot for vacationing. Mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, high desert. Beautiful weather.

I like Sunriver for many reasons. It's a resort community where you can rent out condos or homes for days at a time. The homes are usually beautiful. You have access to the resort's pools and the resort offers golfing, canoeing, horseback riding, and miles and miles of bike trails. In the winter there are shuttle buses up to Mt. Bachelor for skiing.

I like going there because I can just relax while everyone else can do what they want. There's just something about the area that makes me feel good and relax.

Turns out we didn't do much of anything. Bob, Tim, Emily, Alex and I mostly just lazed around. Usually that's my gig. It drove Bob a little nuts because he prefers activity. But I went with him up to Lake Hosmer (see photos under the cut) where he took Tim's kayak out for about 1-1/2 hours. It was beautiful up there. I found myself thinking we needed to get more kayaks because I wanted to go with him. As it was I sat at the side of the lake and just enjoyed the view and people watched. There were a lot of people putting in canoes and kayaks. It was a very calm and peaceful lake that does not allow motors.

For the rest of the time...we lazed. And Bob, Tim, and Alex did the xBox Halo 3 thing. I enjoyed watching them play actually.

Emily and I made actual meals...breakfast, lunch, and dinners. It was nice to have just together time.

1) Lake Hosmer. That's no one in particular in the foreground. Stupid me forgot to get out her camera when Bob kayaked away. And by the time he returned a car was blocking my way so I didn't get a photo of him returning either!

2) More Lake Hosmer. That's Mt. Bachelor looking over the lake. It's weird to see it so bare of snow.

3) So I was so relaxed that I completely forgot to take out the camera to take photos of us just lazing around. I didn't even think to pull out the camera until we were packing to leave. So I took these shots of the fantastic house we stayed in #11 Whistler.