Elevation of Mosier-The Dalles Hwy, The Dalles, OR, USA

Rusty Car among Flowers. (Columbia Hills, WA)

Milky Way over the Columbia River (from Rowena Crest View Point, OR)

End of the Oregon Trail - The Dalles

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Sunrise at Rowena Crest, Oregon

Autumn beauty in Tom McCall Nature Preserve

Sunrise illuminates Mt. Hood and the setting full moon over The Dalles

Milky Way over Tom McCall Point

Moss on fence post

Creature from another planet

Rowena - After Hours

Spectacular rainbow backdrop for two windsurfers

Rolling hills

Afloat at the edge

This perky fawn makes me smile

Columbia River Barge moves upstream in the early morning light

Down the Path to Glory

The Dalles planet at sunrise on the full moon

Rowena Sunrise

Above The Arch, Study #2

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Columbia River from Coyote Creek Trail

Old Car

Sunset Silhouette of Mt. Hood

At the other end of the spectrum

Rowena Dell in October

Cherry orchard in March bloom

Amazing rainbow fills The Gorge with color

Red sky at moonrise

The busy National Scenic Area

A crescent moon sets over the Columbia

Cold, dark, wet, windy... summer comes to The Gorge

And all the roads we have to walk are winding

Abandoned Car at Sunrise (Dalles Mountain Ranch Park, WA)

Rusty Car at Night (Dalles Mountain Ranch, WA)

Pre-dawn lights balsamroot, lupine and Mt. Hood's tip under a full moon

wild flower

Leprechaun gold at the Klickatat

Rowena Crest Sunrise, Mayer State Park, Oregon