Great weather to spend the weekend in the Columbia River Gorge just to the East of Portland Oregon. I was able to spend most of the weekend taking in the sites all through the historic and scenic Columbia River Gorge.
My first stop of this venture taking in the scenery, was at the Sandy River bridge where I met a gentleman named Rafal. He just arrived here in the United States for the first time and had just gotten off the airplane from Poland. At the time I spoke to him, it was 6pm (Supper Time) at home, he made a comment about experiencing "Jet Lag" and being tired.
From there I drove to what I was hoping to be the the historic Vista House that sits high above the Columbia River. When I got to the turnoff to the Vista House, I was met with a few pieces of road construction equipment and a sign that said "Road Closed" and another that said "Entry of Unauthorized Vehicles will be fined $520.00. I didn't have that kind of money to spend on a ticket so I could get a few pictures from the top of the gorge. So... I opted to hike in (downhill) and take the scenery in on foot. The total hike was about 1.5 miles but well worth the sweat.
On Sunday I really wanted to go back to the same area to take in some of the falls and historic places but was short on money. Finally after kicking around, I decided to drive in and shoot Multnomah Falls, and many other falls in the area.
More images from the weekend can be seen on my webpage http://carmichaelphoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes
While visiting the page, please feel free to leave comments and/or thumbs up or down on your favorites or least favorites. I hope you enjoy the images and someday are able to take in the scenery as I did over this weekend. It took me 45 years to finally have time to take it in, Please do not take so long to get there, It will be worth the trip regardless where you are from..
My first stop of this venture taking in the scenery, was at the Sandy River bridge where I met a gentleman named Rafal. He just arrived here in the United States for the first time and had just gotten off the airplane from Poland. At the time I spoke to him, it was 6pm (Supper Time) at home, he made a comment about experiencing "Jet Lag" and being tired.
From there I drove to what I was hoping to be the the historic Vista House that sits high above the Columbia River. When I got to the turnoff to the Vista House, I was met with a few pieces of road construction equipment and a sign that said "Road Closed" and another that said "Entry of Unauthorized Vehicles will be fined $520.00. I didn't have that kind of money to spend on a ticket so I could get a few pictures from the top of the gorge. So... I opted to hike in (downhill) and take the scenery in on foot. The total hike was about 1.5 miles but well worth the sweat.
More images from the weekend can be seen on my webpage http://carmichaelphoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes
While visiting the page, please feel free to leave comments and/or thumbs up or down on your favorites or least favorites. I hope you enjoy the images and someday are able to take in the scenery as I did over this weekend. It took me 45 years to finally have time to take it in, Please do not take so long to get there, It will be worth the trip regardless where you are from..
