Saturday, September 5, 2009

More from the Northwest

These are some pictures from my recent Washington / Oregon vacation.

1. On account of their bicoastal and international living, my folks no longer own a car in the Northwest. So they borrowed two junkers for their summer transportation. This Honda makes even my ailing minivan look like a Lexus.
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2. One of the essential pieces of Olympia, Washington's crunchy counterculture is the downtown farmer's market. It sort of like a smaller version of the famous, fish-throwing Pike's Place Market in Seattle.
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3. Bumblebee gettin' some from a really big thistle flower at the market.
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4. Johnny Douglass remembering how to tack at Hood River Waterfront Park in the Gorge. Go dad!
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5. Fast daggerboard-down sailing on the Mistral Pandera in Hood River. White Salmon Bridge in the background.
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6. Nice layers of hills where the White Salmon River joins the Columbia River on the Washington Side of the Gorge.
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7. Desert hills in the Eastern Gorge.
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8. Multnomah Falls in the Western Gorge. We went on a long hike up, around, and over the falls.
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9. Sun shining through a gap in the forest created years ago by a fire.
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10. Looking Eastward from a viewpoint above Multnomah Falls.
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2 comments:

Jeff, aka Peconic Jeff said...

Beautiful shots. When I flew in for a Climatology conference in Portland years ago, the first thing I did after landing was to rent a car and drive to these scenic spots. The falls, trees and gorge are breath-taking.

Magnum said...

Nice pics and a very interesting blog. Congratulations!!
Magnum
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