A bridge across a Steiner

This Fall, I was able to help clients buy their dream home, a magical log home on the river built in 1939-40 by the revered Steiner Family.

This home had been lovingly restored with all the particular “Steiner” features intact — from vertical barked logs, to wood-batten chinking, wrought iron closures, speakeasy-windows in doors, and especially the ornate balustrade from hand picked bent-wood lumber. Too many features to list, but what’s special about this house is the lantern-lit BRIDGE, spanning the living room and connecting the two sides of the home!

To own a Steiner home, whether it be one of the hundreds of Steiner cabins or a stately log home such as this, is a true dream for most Oregonians and as a realtor, just as special to assist in conveying this home to its future stewards.  I will mark working on this home as one of the highlights of my career.

To read more about this home, read here: Steiner

To read more about John and Henry Steiner, click here: https://mthoodmuseum.org/steiner-cabins/ or visit the Steiner Exhibit at Mt. Hood Cultural Center, at Government Camp, Mt. Hood, OR.

To buy tickets for the annual Steiner  Cabins Tour, click here: https://mthoodmuseum.org/event/steiner-cabins-tour/

 

Ruffing it at Thousand Acre Dog Park

What do dogs dream about? Steak dinners? A new chew toy? The longest game of fetch in the history of the world?

As they lay their furry heads down on that new dog bed you bought on sale at Home Goods last weekend, kick their little paws out, and head off to dream land – do you know what I think they’re dreaming of? 1000 acres of dirt and grassy knolls, where dogs run free alongside a gorgeous river complete with a swimming hole to cool off in on those hot August days. But where does this dream land exist? Surely there’s no such canine nirvana nearby!

Not so fast there buddy. This doggy Disneyland is nearer than you think. Follow the Columbia River east from Portland to charming Troutdale. Among the gateway to the Historic Columbia River Highway and cheap gas (seriously, the gas is cheap in Troutdale), you’ll find the ultimate playground your pup has been dreaming of.

Thousand Acres dog park has been making fetch happen for years now. Let your beloved Fido or Fidoette run their hearts out in the wide open spaces of the Sandy River Delta Park. Sandwiched between the Sandy and Columbia rivers, this space is beloved by many pups and their owners. Open from dawn to dusk everyday, make your tail-wagger’s dream come true with an epic adventure to Thousand Acres park.

 

Photo credit: Well Pet