Mike's Trip to Portland

View from Marriott Hotel
View from Marriott Hotel
My room overlooked the Williamette River
Distant Mount Hood
Distant Mount Hood
If you look carefully, you can see a faint Mount Hood in the distance.
Another view from the hotel
Another view from the hotel
One of the many bridges spanning the Williamette River.
Nighttime view
Nighttime view
The moon was spectacular on the night of my birthday.
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
We drove two hours to an Indian Reservation casino, so we visited the nearby ocean.
Vacation Rental
Vacation Rental
More of the same...
More of the same...
Marc Gallagher
Marc Gallagher
I couldn%27t imaging living on this street.
I couldn't imaging living on this street.
The endless Pacific.
The endless Pacific.
Me
Me
Making stupid faces...
Columbia River Gorge
Columbia River Gorge
The view was incredible. It's a shame it was so hazy.
Another view
Another view
On the hill is the Vista House.
Vista House
Vista House
Zoomed in.
Beautiful
Beautiful
Would you like to live here?
More of the same...
More of the same...



Vista House
Vista House
We drove around to the Vista House.
Vista House
Vista House
Vista House
Vista House
It was fenced off, so we couldn't enter.
Vista House
Vista House
But the view was nice...

More views
More views
I love the fancy guardrail.
from the Vista House
from the Vista House
Vista House
Vista House
More
More
scenery
scenery
from
from
the
the
Vista House...
Vista House...
Back on the road...
Back on the road...
I love this view
I love this view
from the car...
Latourell Falls
Latourell Falls
My first view...
My first view...
Through the trees...
Through the trees...
The sunlight offers a nice effect.
Top of the falls
Top of the falls
Bottom of the falls
Bottom of the falls
A side view
A side view
Close-up of the bottom
Close-up of the bottom
Marc approaches
Marc approaches
Another shot of the bottom
Another shot of the bottom
Another side view
Another side view
A parting shot...
A parting shot...
Next%3a Wahkeena Falls
Next: Wahkeena Falls
Multi-stage falls
Multi-stage falls
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
Scenery obscuring scenery...
Oops
Oops
My finger fell on the button.
Back to the falls
Back to the falls
This one was my favorite falls.



Multnomah Falls
Multnomah Falls
The highest falls we visited...
A distant shot
A distant shot
Multi-stage
Multi-stage
Close-up of the precipice
Close-up of the precipice
Top half
Top half
Bottom half
Bottom half


So we decided to walk...
So we decided to walk...
The path to the top was one mile of winding uphill.
Vistas
Vistas
On the long walk up, there was plenty of beauty to ponder...

At the precipice
At the precipice
Here's where the falls begin. Notice on the right, the viewing platform where we came from.
Zoom down
Ramdom photo
Ramdom photo
I can't remember where this is...
The Edge
The Edge
A few more views of the precipice from the top