Multnomah Falls, Oregon

I am back....feel like I am running in circles....On our travels down to the Eugene area we took the Washington side then over the Dalles Bridge, Oregon....nice scenic spots to pull out and take pictures of the Columbia Gorge area....It interesting to see it from the other side.....gives you a good wide view from above instead of down at river level....lots of flowers blooming...beautiful lupine...the hills are covered in certain areas.....Mount Hood was very visible on our travels down....We had a little bit latter start coming home...lots of traffic...I thought we had pretty much decided to skip the Multnomah Falls.....leave it for another trip...before we realized it my brother had pulled into the parking lot and was kicking his wife and me out of the car and telling us to hike up and see the falls....it was worth the stop....the trail and visiting area was full of people....lovely day to hike up and admire the falls....the moss on the trees was glowing...I am sure as soon as the trees get their leaves it has a different feeling being under them...We didn't stop long.....just enough time to walk up to the bridge admire the water pouring over and blowing around misting folks.....lovely little side trip...Might have to stop in the fall when we travel back that way.....back on the road to continue our travels home.....from there its lots of highway miles....it was a beautiful sunny blue sky day....always something to look at.....and plenty of coffee stops along the way.

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Echo Basin, Eastern Washington

Echo Basin was our last early spring hike in the Eastern Washington area. We were planning to hike the Frenchman Coulee side that heads toward the waterfall but changed our mind due to the amount of cars parked at the trail head. So down the road just a little ways we went to hike the Echo Basin trail. Even with a early start the sun was way too bright, not hot, just bright. We hiked up the jeep trail that starts on the left hand side of the road as your facing the Columbia River. Didn't seem like a real exciting trail till we reached the sand dunes, which put us closer to the rock walls. Up and over the sand dunes and on up a goat trail to get above the walls. Without really knowing were we were going we just winged it. Lots of faint trails and trails in the sand, hard to know which was the true trail. The rock walls are huge and fascinating, the columns are even more interesting up close. We hiked until we had a view looking down into Echo Basin, and a nice look at th

Cutthroat Trail.......Snowshoeing North Cascades Highway

I have a confession to make, I have been having some winter blues. Not sure if they can be officially called winter blues due to we have had little to no winter. I have been very impatiently waiting for the snow to arrive, it comes, blows through, makes the ground white, then its gone. The last few days we have been sitting at temperatures in the 40's. What is up with winter. One thing I can say for sure is I am very thankful for the few trips we made up highway 20 before the silver star gate was closed. Our trip to Cutthroat Trail was back in November, when we had visions of winter coming to the valley very soon. The snow was nice and fluffy and deep. Pleasant day to get out and enjoy it, one of those days where your not sure if the clouds where going to allow the blue sky to show it self or not. We parked right off the highway with a couple of other cars and Snowshoed up the road to the trail head. Wasn't very long and more hikers, cross country skiers, and furry

Looking For Mountain Views....................

Since I couldn't get anybody to go snowshoeing with me this last weekend....I went on a drive and took pictures.....It was a lovely day...lots of variation in the clouds...started down on the Columbia River in Pateros and continued on down towards Chelan...stopped at the park...which has a great view of the mountains...then on up around Manson...drove as many roads as I could looking for the best view of the mountains....drove a couple of roads I have never been on....what a festive little town Manson is right now....Drove on up towards Echo Ridge trail area...roads got a little on the icy side up in that area....then found my way back home....now I have a camera card or two loaded with pictures...plus basketball pictures.....lots of computer time...The season is moving right along...lots of new snow in the mountains...Can't wait to get out there and play.

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