Tag: Columbia River Gorge

  • Originally posted on Pinhole Obscura: Exposure time: 5 seconds Once upon a time the Chief Of The Gods and his two sons, Pahto and Wy’east, traveled from the North down the Columbia River to find a place to settle. They came upon the most beautiful land they had ever seen and decided that this was…

  • I realized, just now, that I did this last year, too. I am now going to make this a “thing.” We went for a lovely walk to Wahclella Falls on the Columbia Gorge. Since photos can’t really do it justice (and I suck at waterfall photos) here is a video. It was very loud. Happy…

  • Thanksgiving Day Hike – Eagle Creek

    On Thanksgiving we decided to hike Eagle Creek, a trail on the Columbia Gorge. Several of my friends have told me that it is one of their favorite hikes and I’ve wanted to try it for a long time. I was completely blown away by the beauty around me. I lagged behind to photograph almost everything.…

  • Oaks Toothwort

    We went for a beautiful hike in the Columbia Gorge last weekend and, of course, I had to take a picture of some of the flowers growing there. I decided that I needed to start identifying these flowers that I take pictures of. I spend time admiring them I should take the time to learn…

  • what a week!

    Raf and I went on an interesting hike at the Columbia Gorge last weekend. Again we found it in “100 hikes in Northwest Oregon” and it proved to provide us with all kinds mystery. Again. This time the hike referred to a trail that that barely existed. We finally found the trail by chance and…