July 13^th, 2011 by Anderson Lodge

The wedding season is in full swing!  The weather has been unseasonably cool and we have even seen some rain.  But the weddings have all gone off without a hitch.  We really believe we have made the right decision on putting our time and effort into building structures that allow for indoor festivities.

Arvid first built covered picnic areas at both our Lodges.  They were spectacular, with the forest all around and plenty of space for dancing and celebrating.  The only problem was that they were only usable 3 months out of the year.  So we purchased several of those tall outdoor heaters to put in the areas to try to extend the usability.  Finally, we gave up.  Arvid decided to enclose the covered areas, put laminate flooring down and create our present day Reception Pavilions. 

We had quite a time finding a woodstove for the pavilions.  We knew we wanted something very unique but practical.  The pavilions are LARGE rooms!  We went all over Portland.  We went up to see our daughter at UW and looked in Seattle and stopped in cities on the way back in search of that Perfect woodstove.  We were very frustrated.  Vicki was driving our son to the doctor one day at our home clinic and saw a stove and spa store that had enamel woodstoves in the window.  Some were parlor style and soooooo beautiful.  We both went back and sure enough, these unique stoves were exactly what we were dreaming about.  The stoves are brown enamel with gold fittings.  PERFECT!

It's times like these when I see the rain coming down that I really appreciate our decision to build the pavilions.  They are so beautiful!

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