HWY 101 OREGON
NEHALEM ST PARK, OREGON
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Elowah Falls Hike June 21st
Elowah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon June 21st
This is the lower section of the falls.....
We then went up to the Upper Falls....the trail goes up thru a cleft in the rock as seen in the second photo...pretty cool spot!!
This is the view down from the rocks at the little bridge we had crossed down below
This plant is growing in that cleft of rock.
Upper Falls...we had lunch on some rocks up in the creek
Recognize the log from the previous photo? Give you an idea of where we were....they really should have guard rails up there!! :)
View of the Columbia River ....you can barely see Mt Adams off in the distance.
This is the lower section of the falls.....
We then went up to the Upper Falls....the trail goes up thru a cleft in the rock as seen in the second photo...pretty cool spot!!
This is the view down from the rocks at the little bridge we had crossed down below
This plant is growing in that cleft of rock.
Upper Falls...we had lunch on some rocks up in the creek
Recognize the log from the previous photo? Give you an idea of where we were....they really should have guard rails up there!! :)
View of the Columbia River ....you can barely see Mt Adams off in the distance.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Mt Hood
We took off for a road trip around Mt Hood last Sunday.
This house was at a road side fruit stand...I would love to wake up and have my morning coffee with this view every day!!
This is as close to the top of Mt Hood you can drive to, Timberline Lodge. The ski lift to the left was still running and people were mostly snowboarding down.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Ecola St Park, May 28th...19th Anniversary!!
The 28th of May was our 19th wedding anniversary, we spent the day hiking at Ecola St Park in Oregon with our nephew Aaron. As you can see it was a beautiful day to follow Capt William Clark's trail to the beach!
I thought this was the perfect name for such a toy!!
I thought this was the perfect name for such a toy!!
Monday, May 07, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Weekend in California
We took a spur of the moment trip to see the kiddo's in Ca last weekend.
I don't like being called Grandma but how can I resist this face???
We enjoyed the sunshine and 70 degree temps....I didn't want to come back to the rain!
Gabe enjoys Starbucks about as much as I do...yep, how could I resist him???
The drive is long but beautiful.....this is Mt Shasta in Northern Ca.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Moulton Falls hike
Jan 29th Moulton Falls Park, spent the day walking taking photos with my friend Annie...this day will also go down in my mind as the "prelude to the flu" of 2007. Yep, Annie, I owe you!!
This spot is just a couple miles upriver from Lucia Falls on the East Fork of the Lewis River, it's one of the last undamned rivers on the Columbia Basin. In 1996 a flood went thru a gravel mine on the banks of the river and caused incredible damage to the Salmon spawning habitat that was one of the largest in the area. In spite of the waters retaining the beautiful emerald green colors in 2001 the river was listed in the top 10 most endangered rivers in the country.
One of the nice things about being out this time of year is you pretty much have the place to yourself. We quickly covered the 2 miles of trails that the county has worked hard this last year to put in. I was amazed that most of them went to picnic tables...next time I go up I'll get a photo as it really was wild. I can't imagine what they were thinking, I know I wouldn't want to lug picnic gear up the hill.....and in the summer you wouldn't even be able to see the river from most of the sites. Seriously the trails ended at like 5 or 6 tables in each spot....I've never seen anything like it.
Nothing like coming back to the car for a cup of hot Costa Rican Coffee after a day on the cold trails!! (good place as any to put in a plug for the Community Agroecology Network where you to can buy great fair trade DIRECT coffee....go HERE now....order some and support some incredible Costa Rican farmers!!)
This spot is just a couple miles upriver from Lucia Falls on the East Fork of the Lewis River, it's one of the last undamned rivers on the Columbia Basin. In 1996 a flood went thru a gravel mine on the banks of the river and caused incredible damage to the Salmon spawning habitat that was one of the largest in the area. In spite of the waters retaining the beautiful emerald green colors in 2001 the river was listed in the top 10 most endangered rivers in the country.
One of the nice things about being out this time of year is you pretty much have the place to yourself. We quickly covered the 2 miles of trails that the county has worked hard this last year to put in. I was amazed that most of them went to picnic tables...next time I go up I'll get a photo as it really was wild. I can't imagine what they were thinking, I know I wouldn't want to lug picnic gear up the hill.....and in the summer you wouldn't even be able to see the river from most of the sites. Seriously the trails ended at like 5 or 6 tables in each spot....I've never seen anything like it.
Nothing like coming back to the car for a cup of hot Costa Rican Coffee after a day on the cold trails!! (good place as any to put in a plug for the Community Agroecology Network where you to can buy great fair trade DIRECT coffee....go HERE now....order some and support some incredible Costa Rican farmers!!)
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