Mountain Profile: David Lythgoe

Place of Birth? Portland, OR.

How long on the Mountain? 79 years.

If you were not brought here as a child, what brought you to the Mountain? Grandfather built a cabin on the Salmon River in 1927. We visited every year.

Profession? Happily retired .

Other Professions? Manager of a Garden Center. Owner of Hoodland Fuel (Oil Distributor) and Merit Properties (Real Estate Brokerage). Worked several positions at Bowman’s Resort 1961-67.

Favorite movie and/or musical? Shawshank Redemption and The Sound Of Music.

Favorite Actress/Actor? Charlize Theron and Al Pacino.

Favorite TV SHOW? I was hooked on cowboy westerns as a child.

Favorite book? Bucking the Sun and any other by Ivan Doig.

Favorite type of music? Anything but rap.

Favorite Food? A thick rib eye steak, medium rare. 

Favorite hobbies? Golfing, flyfishing, gardening, vacationing.

If offered a dream vacation, where would you go, and why? An African Safari with my family to watch and wonder.

Best lesson learned as a child? Don’t argue with your mother.

Defining moment in your life or your greatest accomplishment? The birth and death of my son.

A memorable dinner? A pepper steak at Silk and Satin in Portland after my senior prom. 

A funny moment from your life that you can share An April Fools’ joke on my neighbor. While he was away on vacation, I placed small dirt mounds on his lawn to simulate mole hills. Drove him crazy until I confessed.

If you could invite anyone (past or present) to dinner, who would it be, and why?  My grandfathers. I never knew them. They died when I was two.

Describe yourself in one word? Nerdy.

When you’re not reading The Mountain Times, what book/author/magazine/other do you read? This Old House and Kiplinger.

If your life were made into a play or movie, what would the title be? Tales of Welches.

Pet peeve?  Litterbugs.

Bad habit you’d like to break?  Procrastination.

Famous person(s) you have met, and the circumstances? Baseball player Duke Snider. I was on my first ever plane flight at age 11. I still have his autograph.

Favorite quote? “I’d rather be alive with the price of a pint than dead with a thousand pounds.”

Favorite part of The Mountain Times? Calendar of Events.  There are so many.