This old, historic, and freshly preserved Wallowa Lake Lodge is settled on the southern shore of the beautiful Wallowa Lake, near the town of Joseph, Oregon. A state park is nestled right next to it, with cabins and a campground, and the lodge has its own cabins too.
Evidently, they had to ship in all the materials via the lake to build the lodge, since at that time there were no access roads. According to the web site's history page, it was built in 1923. According to Wikipedia, that's about four years older than Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel in California.
We walked over to the lodge to take a look and decided to make reservations for dinner that night. It was very nice! Someone played the piano, lots of old timey music, while others waited on us like we were royalty traveling incognito. The diningroom was filled with interesting things to look at whenever we weren't looking out our window onto the beautiful grass lawn that rolled down to the lake.
The food was good too. Everything was fresh and beautifully plated, with lace doilies and colorful edible flowers. I had penne pasta primavera and Michael had a chicken salad. Here's a link to their sample menus for dinner and breakfast.
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