Wednesday, July 7, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 5 Hoodoo’s Hillside Ski and Sport ready for summer By Bill Bartlett Correspondent Roundabout SISTERS Bill Bartlett, Columnist The missing quilts One might wonder why, in a town like this with such a deep and visceral heritage of quilting, it is nearly impossible to find barn quilts. You know what I9m talking about, right? Those colorful, geomet- ric patterns, usually 20 to 40 square feet, generally square in shape, painted on the sides of barns or farm buildings. In Tillamook County, where quilting is every bit as essential to local culture and the tourism economy as here in Sisters, there is a well-traveled barn quilt loop trail starting and end- ing near the Tillamook Creamery. In all, 14 quilts adorn the sides of pictur- esque barns, most notably the dairy barns with iconic silos. See BARN QUILTS on page 19 The first thing one notices when entering the 1,420-square-foot Hoodoo9s Hillside Ski and Sport on the corner of Larch Street and Cascade Avenue is that it is a fun place. Not just because it sells or rents fun things, but from the atmosphere created by the décor (like wooden Sasquatch figures) and the infectious good cheer of Manager Tracy Streeter. The store is well furnished with carpeting and high-qual- ity fixtures for merchandise display. There is a generous amount of glass for daytime lighting, adding to the spa- cious feel. The amount of inventory is impressive yet not crammed. All of the win- ter ski gear has been tightly consolidated and moved to the far reaches of the shop. Up front are the sum- mer toys 4 most notably the floaties, inflatables sturdy enough for lake and river use. Streeter was skeptical at first that floaties would be much of a seller. The store has been