Elevation of Sandy Heights St, Sandy, OR, USA

View from My Place

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower…

Awaiting Sunrise at Jonsrud Viewpoint - Sandy Oregon - HDR

Just being a tourist

Columbia River Gorge

Rainbow in the Columbia River Gorge

The Last Kiss

Hood to Coast 2009

Views of the Columbia River at Chanticleer Point (Black & White)

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend…

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Vista House View - Historic Columbia River Highway in Autumn

A Setting of Trees Along the Sandy River

Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint

One of those gorgeous sunrises and rolling fog scene I captured sometime ago . . . . . #pacificnorthwest #sandyriver #foggymorning #mthood #traveloregon #exploreoregon #mthoodterritory #mthoodnationalforest #jj_westcoast #jj_oregon #purplepassport #explor

Chanticleer Point, November 2012

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The Vista House photoshoot from atop the wall

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November Sunrise

"Columbia River Panorama"

When I first saw an image of this place by Chip Phillips I said to myself I had to get there. When I finally found myself standing there after drawing on my years of map reading and navigation skills and getting through the narrow gorge with chest deep fr

Storm over the Columbia River Gorge

columbia gorge, take 2

Worth Fighting For

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Crown Jewel

Moonrise over Crown Point

Full harvest moon atop Vista House

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Rise of The Blue Moon

Gorge Glow

Mt. Hood Pre Sunrise from Jonsrud Viewpoint

Sunrise Surreality

Golden Burst

Reading light

Sunrise, Jonsrud Viewpoint 2013

The Columbia River begins its journey in the Canadian Rockies and finds its way down into Washington and Oregon where it flows past the northern slopes of Mt Hood. There are many tributaries flowing off those slopes where high rainfall feeds a lush forest