It was so clear out we saw Mount St. Helens! A group of 3 people were snowmobiling up Mt St. Helens yesterday and one fell in the crater at the top! He got off his snowmobile to take a look, was on a drift. Thee drift gave way and there he fell, about 100 feet and slid down all the way to the bottom of the crater. He will be OK, was airlifted to the hospital. Whew!
This was our view through the gorge. The land on the left is Washington! The Columbia River serves as the border here. Around this area, we saw many fishing boats. The Salmon fishing season is going to be cut short, so all those with Salmon fishing lisences were getting their fishing in. One person caught a 24 lb salmon!
View of Columbia River
Lucy, the little devil, wanted to get in the water so badly, that when we made a stop, she didn't wait for us to open the door, but jumped out the back window and headed straight for the water. She was completely submerged when we got to the shore. By the time I was done laughing and collected myself, Mike was able to wrangle her up to leash her and I missed the Kodak moment. She still persisted on getting in that water and was willing to drag Michael in if she had to. She sure misses the cabin!
Lucy and Brian are exploring in the water. I think the water was a little too cold for Brian but Lucy, she didn't care one bit, she had to get in that water.
View of Mount Hood on the scenic byway in Hood River. We are starting our trek to the top!
I think these are hazlenut trees. We drove past a few wineries on our way to the top and many wineries also harvest hazlenuts. We didn't stop, however, we were in the zone.
A river on our way to the top. So pretty!
There it is, the top of Mount Hood! We are getting closer.
There sure is a lot of snow here. Now you can see why there was no hiking going on. It was still 55 degrees here at the top.
Can you see the chair lift going up the side? There were a lot of skiiers, snowboarders, showshoers and spectators here.
Timberline lodge. It is completely covered in snow! If there were less snow, you would recognize this lodge from a famous movie......starring Jack Nicholson........The Shining. Creepy. The outside and the drive up was used in the film, I believe the rest was filmed in Colorado.
View from the top of Mount Hood. If I were skiing, this is what I would see on my way down. Quite spectacular. The trees are the timberline, when you look up, it is all snow! Mt Hood is now on an avalanche watch due to the warmer weather. Yikes!
Look at all the trees!
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Looks b-e-a-utiful!
You'll have to get up to the Banff Springs Hotel in the Banff National Park in Canada. They filmed all the movie's indoor shots in that hotel. We're so jealous that you guys have those mountains as your back yard. Very cool.
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