Another gray drizzling day in Oregon. But hey, it could be worse. Attitude is the paint brush that colors every situation. So we decided to enjoy to embrace the gray and go snow shoeing. We drove up highway 26 hoping for a break in the weather and good hike to Mirror Lake. Our first stop was for a trail pass and a bathroom for me. The first ranger/information/bathroom stop was closed up tight. The second Ranger Station didn't sell trail passes, but directed us to the local grocery store which of course had no public restrooms. At this point, I am very glad we hadn't stop for that "white chocolate mocha" at Starbucks. Driving on and anxious to get to the trail head and on with our hike. Upon reaching Mirror Lake trail head, we noticed that the parking spaces had not been plowed and we had no place to pull over. Not to be hampered in our quest for a hike we drove on to Trillum Lake and there we started out. It take about 45 minutes or so to get to the lake. Of course it was frozen and there was not view of Mt. Hood, but we had a nice lunch and finally found a bathroom. The snow was at least 6 feet deep, but, due to a broad roof and some melting, I was able to get down, not noticing however that it was the men's side.