THE $124 DEAL

By Chris Erskine

Aug. 16, 2009 12 AM PT

Here’s a late-summer package in prime picnic territory. The Resort at the Mountain, a 300-acre golf and spa resort near Portland, Ore., is offering a Yogi’s Pic-A-Nic Basket package that includes lodging and a choice of three picnic lunches prepared by the resort’s executive chef, starting at $124 per night.

The deal: This offer runs through the end of September. Tax and resort fees are not included, and the package is subject to availability. The resort, on the western slope of Mt. Hood, features a 27-hole golf course and a high-end, full-service spa with seven treatment rooms, sauna, steam room and more. Newly renovated guest rooms have 42-inch plasma TVs and luxury linens. The picnic baskets include fresh fruit and cured meats. In addition, a customized “family” basket includes peanut butter, chips and candy. The “lovers” basket offers chocolate and Champagne.

Contact: (866) 407-2262, www.theresort.com.

-- Chris Erskine

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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